12/29/15 Ladder-Backed vs Nuttal.s Woodpecker, Palm Springs

Every winter we revisit the Ladder-backed (LBWO) vs Nuttal's Woodpecker (NUWO) diagnosis.  Today, 12/29/15, found what we think is Nuttal's at his nest in the Palm Springs Library Park; earlier, at the Wellness Park, we found a male Ladder-backed.  Photos below.

NUWP red hind-crown; narrow white head stripes; large upper back bar  12/29/15

NUWP red hind-crown; narrow white head stripes;  12/29/15

NUWP red hind-crown; narrow white head stripes; large upper back bar  12/29/15

at nest, NUWP red hind-crown; large upper back bar  12/29/15

LBWO complete red crown, white cheek 

LBWO complete red crown, white cheek

LBWO complete red crown, white cheek

Back in Palm Springs, 12/26 & 27/15

accipiter (prob Sharpie), 12/27/15 Camelot movies

female Kestrel, Demuth12/27/15

Killdeer and A. Pipet 12.27.15 Demuth percolating pond

Great-tailed Grackle, Ralph's parking lot, 12/27/15

male Vermillion Flycatcher, Demuth Park, 12/27/15

male Vermillion Flycatcher, Demuth Park, 12/27/15

Snow Goose with CANG, Demuth Park, 12/27/15

male Kestrel and CattleEgret, Demuth sewage mixer, Demuth 12/27/15

Wilson's Snipe Demuth Park, 12/27/15

Greater Roadrunner, Demuth Park, 12/27/15

Costa's Hummingbird, 12/25/15 Parkview Palm Springs

Verdin, 12/25/15 Parkview Palm Springs

Back in Palm Springs Xmas 2015

Red-tailed Hawk, Palm Springs 12/15

female Vermillion Flycatcher, Christmas 2015 Demuth

female Vermillion Flycatcher, Christmas 2015 Demuth

Vermillion Flycatcher, female Demuth 12/24/15

Red-tailed Hawk Demuth 12/25/15

Lark Sparrow with Chippies, 12/25/15 Wellness Park

Probable Chipping Sparrow, Wellness Park, evokes Brewer's, but check eye-ring divided 

Chipping Sparrow, 12/25/15 Wellness Park

W. Bluebirds, Wellness Park, 12/25/15

 

(Oregon) Dark-eyed Sparrow Wellness Park 12/25/15 

Savannah Sparrow, 12/26/15, Wellness Park

Lark Sparrow 12/26/15 Wellness Park, PS

Greater Roadrunner, Wellness Park, 12/28/15

Greater Roadrunner, Wellness Park, 12/28/15

Greater Roadrunner, Wellness Park, 12/28/15

Brewer's Blackbird, 12/28/15, Ralph's Palm Springs

1st winter White-crowned Sparrow 12/28/15 Wellness Park

12/20/15 Western Tanager, Western Sandpiper, Cave Swallows, Baltimore Oriole

 Discovered on the NHBC Christmas Count, a Western Tanager in an apple tree in Bog Meadow park in New Haven (Annex); also, a Western Flycatcher (either Pacific Slope or Cordilleran).  Western birds rarities have been a theme this Christmas Count season because of the warm weather with westerly winds this month.  In Bog Meadow apple tree was also a Baltimore Oriole.  Also, a week earlier, a silhouette of two Cave Swallows (western theme) at Milford Point: one first flew over Elm Street/Trumbull Ave in Milford.

Cave Swallow silhouettes,Milford Point, Dec 2015.

Baltimore Oriole, 12/20/15 New Haven

Western Tanager, New Haven 12/20/15

Western Tanager, New Haven 12/20/15

Western Tanager, New Haven 12/20/15

Western Flycatcher 12/20/15 Branford, CT

Western Flycatcher 12/20/15 Branford, CT

Western Flycatcher 12/20/15 Branford, CT

Western Flycatcher 12/20/15 Branford, CT

12/10/15, banded Peregrine, Cackling Geese

A very warm 12/10/15. A Peregrine Falcon, banded, flew through and landed on nearby spruce tree.  At Wooster Park in Stratford, a pair of Cacking Geese (Richardson's).

Peregrine Falcon, local spruce, 12/10/15, banded black over green=Eastern bird

Peregrine Falcon, local spruce, 12/10/15, banded black over green=Eastern bird

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15

Cackling (Richardson's race) Goose, Wooster Park, Stratford 12/10/15