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Index of Subjects Hi Nancy, It sounds like the bird you're seeing is a young of this year. Woodpeckers have incomplete moults and their feathers get replaced over a number of years. In fact it is sometimes possible to see three generations in some wing feather tracts in 3+ year old individuals. All the best, Lance Lance Laviolette Glen Robertson, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Nancy P Dowd Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 10:34 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] Moulting Hairy WP at HB feeder A very scruffy Hairy WP was hanging off the Hummingbird feeder sucking down sugar water. The adult WPs must be moulting now. This one looked very light and not at all defined black and white as usual. Even the bill was light grey/white. And the scrawny neck and head appeared primitive. Or perhaps it was a juvenile taking on adult plumage? In all the years I have had Hairys coming to bird feeders I have never seen a moulting adult/young before. The sugar water level was visibly going down as it drank. Nancy East Dalhousie, King Co. Sent from my iPhone
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