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color-morph sapsucker

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Patricia Valdata

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:09:36 -0500

I am delighted to report that a "black capped" yellow-bellied sapsucker
is coming to our suet feeder again. This is the third year this bird has
been in our yard. It has no red plumage at all. I don't know if there is
any significance to its coloring, but it's sure an interesting yard bird.


--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato