Red-naped Sapsucker, female. She's a female because of the small white patch on her "chin". The RNSSs winter in Mexico and then migrate in early May to the Rockies to nest and produce chicks. This is the "Cinco de Mayo" bird.
After the challenge voting phase. The DNMC votes on this one were a major contribution to my leaving DPC. Truly a Mexican bird, this is not DNMC. The voters here are very narrow minded. I mean if the voters think Mexico is tequila and sombreros, then I don't want to be a part of that community. And, I no longer am, as of 5/17/13
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This is what you wrote."It spends most of its year in Mexico. It is a Mexican WP."
You have no problem pointing out the shortcomings of others but when you make a mistake you throw a tantrum.
Enough about your error I still have those helpful book tips for you. Interested?
Your beloved Lark bunting, Williamson’s sapsucker, Franklin’s gull, Pine siskin, Cassin’s finch, White faced ibis, Wilson’s snipe, Yellow headed blackbird, osprey, American Avocet, Western Meadowlark, Marbled godwit, Lesser yellow legs, Yellow rumped warbler, Tree swallow, Sage thrasher, Short billed dowitcher, Northern rough winged swallow, Spotted sandpiper, American pipit, White crowned sparrow, Lincoln’s sparrow, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Barn swallow, Great blue heron, Mountain blue bird, Western blue bird, Townsend’s solitare, Ring necked ducks, Belted king fisher. All of them migrate to Mexico or further south during winter. So according to your logic they are all Mexican birds.
We all make mistakes it’s OK I just don’t want to see you be the laughing stock of the bird community when you tell the world in your book that these are all Mexican birds.
Speaking of your book I have some great tips for you I’ll write them up in a bit for you.
They are great tips on how you can separate your book from the dozens of field guides already in circulation.
Most of the species you mentioned migrate earlier ... in April. It's the RNSS which arrives here on Cinco de Mayo.... every year. That's why I think of this Mexico wintering bird as a Cinco de Mayo celebration. YMMV.
(The Townsend's Solitaire is a resident bird here.)
I appreciate your willingness to help, but your comments are off base. I'm pretty well aware of the range of all the birds I observe. Nowhere did I say all the birds are Mexican, so you have misquoted me. Actually, you made up a statement which is purely false. Give it a rest. Your comments are not helpful. You are being an irritant. What's going on. You and B decide to see if you can get under my skin. Well, it's not working. I'm not a participant here anymore. Leave me alone. My paid membership ends in March 2014. There's nothing I can do about that. No votes. No comments. No additional challenge entries. Get a life!
Your beloved Lark bunting, Williamson’s sapsucker, Franklin’s gull, Pine siskin, Cassin’s finch, White faced ibis, Wilson’s snipe, Yellow headed blackbird, osprey, American Avocet, Western Meadowlark, Marbled godwit, Lesser yellow legs, Yellow rumped warbler, Tree swallow, Sage thrasher, Short billed dowitcher, Northern rough winged swallow, Spotted sandpiper, American pipit, White crowned sparrow, Lincoln’s sparrow, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Barn swallow, Great blue heron, Mountain blue bird, Western blue bird, Townsend’s solitare, Ring necked ducks, Belted king fisher. All of them migrate to Mexico or further south during winter. So according to your logic they are all Mexican birds.
We all make mistakes it’s OK I just don’t want to see you be the laughing stock of the bird community when you tell the world in your book that these are all Mexican birds.
Speaking of your book I have some great tips for you I’ll write them up in a bit for you.
They are great tips on how you can separate your book from the dozens of field guides already in circulation.
You have missed the important point that this bird, which winters in Mexico migrates on 5-May each year. The challenge was "cinco de mayo". You're just being a silly goose. Give it a rest.
The Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is a medium-sized North American woodpecker.
It's NOT a Mexican woodpecker it just happens to winter there.
It spends most of its year in Mexico. It is a Mexican WP. Get your facts straight. Your comment is highly offensive and petty.
The bird was born in the states maybe even in your backyard. It raises it's young in the states and if you google List of birds of the United States you will see the red-naped Sapsucker. Fact is is you want to split hairs you can't prove the bird in your picture didn't spend the winter in New Mexico or Texas.
Now when you write your bird book you can credit me with the Red-naped Sapsucker data.:)
The Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is a medium-sized North American woodpecker.
It's NOT a Mexican woodpecker it just happens to winter there.
It spends most of its year in Mexico. It is a Mexican WP. Get your facts straight. Your comment is highly offensive and petty.
The Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is a medium-sized North American woodpecker.
It's NOT a Mexican woodpecker it just happens to winter there.
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