Comments on: Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in Allegany State Park

By: Kristi

Kristi — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:27:40 +0000

here in central wisconsin at my home and others in our neighborhood, we have been visited every morning by the “rapper”, a male yellow-bellied sapsucker who is drumming on our stovepipes, drainpipes and other metal objects! He is quite a humorous fellow. This morning I got some video and photos of him and finally identified him. I will share the photos and vid if they turned out.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:26:11 +0000

Your pics are wonderful and I think they have helped me identify the woodpecker at my feeder. First of all, how can I send you my photo to see what you think and if it is a yellow-bellied? Everything I have been told is that they are supposed to migrate further south in the winter, I live in Pittsburgh, PA. I have seen every species of woodpecker expect for the red-headed in my backyard, and this one is a mystery. Second, how did you catch a yellow-bellied for photos? I can barely snap pics w/o them flying away. Thank you.

By: mon@rch

mon@rch — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:58:35 +0000

@ Eileen – I am a federal and state permitted bird bander and I catch them in nets, place bands on their legs, take measurements and them let them go! It’s part of an on going project looking at breeding birds.

By: Eileen McFadden

Eileen McFadden — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:22:27 +0000

Used to have a single ybs come to the tree touching my front row house porch on a busy Phila., PA street. I would come out the door and just stand looking at it for a few moments and it would quickly fly off down the block; how did you ever get these birds in your hands to photograph?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:18:51 +0000

omg it is soooo adorable!!! it looks like my puppy!!!