Found, like this, on University Place yesterday. A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapitcus varius). You almost never see the yellow-tinged belly from a distance.
Memento Mori
7 responses to “Memento Mori”
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Quite a find. And yes a great view of the underbelly. Oddly, I just posted about a dead bird, a Cedar Waxwing. But no rose.
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You almost never catch sight of them clutching a rose, either…!
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True.
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Ha! 😀
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Didn’t know you could see birds other than sparrows at
University Place. Will pay more attention and look for them
next time.-
Washington Square Park will attract all sorts of birds to the neighborhood.
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[…] unfortunately-named birds, since the yellow belly is really hard to see. The namers were looking at dead specimens. The sapsucking part is accurate, though; these birds will drill horizontal rows of holes in trees […]
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