Category: Both female and male have bright red caps

  • Juvenile, Female, And Male Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers

    December 8, 2025 Three slightly different looks of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). This one, a juvenile, looking very speckled. They have this look until their first major molt by early spring. A female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Notice that she has a brilliant red cap but her throat is white. And the male sitting at the…