[EBB Sightings] Red-naped/Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Tilden RP

I just returned from a scouting trip for Sunday's Oakland CBC. On the  
Loop Road just west of the Sylvan Trail crossing, I found an adult  
male sapsucker, either a Red-naped or Yellow-bellied. During the 10  
minutes I was there, I had only a fleeting look at the back of the  
head, and it appeared mostly dark (no extensive area of white), though  
I did not see any red. The barring on the back was split by a mostly  
dark area from nape to mid-back, so that the barred area had a roughly  
V shape. The red on the throat was extensive and I do not recall it  
being bordered on the sides by black -- but I did not know enough to  
look for this distinction between the species! Mea culpa.

  I hope this bird can be refound. It was working a eucalyptus branch  
on the north side of the Loop Road.

Doug Vaughan
Berkeley