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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2013-82
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Date first observed:    21 Dec 2012
Location:
 Lytle Ranch, Washington County

Sightings:

  • 21 Dec 2012 - Rick Fridell [Record #2013-82]
  • 29 Jan 2013 - Rick Fridell (photos)
  • various dates to 6 Mar 2013 - Ella Sorensen, many others.

Sight Records:


 

Records Committee Review:

 
  Date Posted

   Results

1st round: 5 Dec 2013 7 acc, 1 not, 1 abst
2nd round: 26 Jan 2014 7 acc, 1 not, 1 abst
Completed: 3 Mar 2014 Accepted

 

Summary:  Despite some suspicion of hybridization, this bird was accepted as a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in a post juvenile molt.
 
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