Yellow belly, drab brown, long beak, tufted plume atop head
by Ken
(Middletown, ny, USA)
This bird is nesting in a purple martin house. Next to the entrance of the garden.
Medium to large bird reddish-brown tail a little long. Brown outer color yellowish belly.
Feathers appear to be tufted at the top of the head and beak appears to be a little on the longside. Have no pictures of a female sapsucker. Seems like the bird could be a woodpecker species.
Makes a single sound like "peep".
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