[EBB Sightings] Red-naped Sapsucker in Oakland

On March 12, I stepped out onto our back patio to find a beautiful dead bird 
on the ground below our glass door. I identified it as a male Red-naped 
Sapsucker, the first such sapsucker I have ever seen. This would be one for the 
Alameda County bird list. The bird looks just like the male depicted in the Sibley 
Guide to Birds, including the red nape, all red throat and white markings in 
two rows down its back. NOTE: Our picture windows now have screens to avoid 
bird strikes (works well) but now we will have to create a screen for the door.

Viola Saima-Barklow
Wilton Dr. near Burton Dr., Oakland    
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