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Hairy woodpecker

Tom & Susan Soniville
 

I found this Hairy across the street from our house this afternoon When we lived in the Sierras I saw hundreds of Hairys, but never with brown on the tail. Came across one picture on the internet of a Hairy with even more brown on it, but no explanation of why.

 

Thanks,

 

Tom Soniville

 

 


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Tom Soniville
Boise. North End

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Denise Hughes
 

Sibley’s field guide mentions that birds from southeast Arizona have brownish backs.  Maybe it’s a subspecies hybrid.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho 
Any day might be a special one-you  just had to go outside and see if it was.—-Kenn Kaufman

On Mar 22, 2023, at 7:50 PM, Tom & Susan Soniville <tomnsueid@...> wrote:



I found this Hairy across the street from our house this afternoon When we lived in the Sierras I saw hundreds of Hairys, but never with brown on the tail. Came across one picture on the internet of a Hairy with even more brown on it, but no explanation of why.

 

Thanks,

 

Tom Soniville

 

 


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Tom Soniville
Boise. North End
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ftcrase
 

The brown on this subspecies is on the wingtips, not the tail.

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Cliff Weisse
 

The brown wing tips are a result of worn/faded primaries. The inner black primaries are more recently molted so they contrast with the old worn feathers.

Cliff

On 3/24/23 12:47PM, ftcrase via groups.io wrote:
The brown on this subspecies is on the wingtips, not the tail. 
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
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