Yellow-bellied sapsucker in the West

Though I was seeing these in the East only two weeks ago, this Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a pretty great catch here at Palo. There were a bunch captured in the '70s, but it turns out that they were lumped with the Red-breasted Sapsucker back then...so its hard to say if any were caught then. In'91 there was one bird that was caught a few times, but this is the first since. And it's been caught twice today...










First release:


Second release:


Photos of Tahoe to come...