Hi, Becky--

These guys have been rapidly moving north in the last 20 years.  I now 
proudly host a breeding pair on my property in Shoreham.

When I first started birding maybe 20 years ago, I was taken by a mentor 
with a vow of secrecy to see the very first known Red-Bellied nest in 
Eastern Mass.  10 years later, they were pretty much everywhere there.

I didn't realize when I moved here 8 years ago that they'd come this far 
north already, but here they are.

These two are my pride and joy.  I keep the suet feeder stocked 
year-round just for the pleasure of seeing them every day.

Jane




On 5/18/2013 8:51 PM, Becky Giroux wrote:
> I thought I was looking at a yellow bellied sapsucker until it turned
> it's back to me and I could see the red head and neck.   I looked it
> up in my Peterson guide, my book is 30 years old,  and the map shows
> it be to be from southern N.E. and south.  Have these birds moved
> north or am I mistaken?  It was in a maple tree in the village of
> Orwell.
>
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