[Birdnet] Indigo Bunting & hybrid Sapsucker @ the IC

[Tim Avery]

This evening at the Salt Lake International Center I found a couple interesting
birds.  The first was an apparent female/1st Winter Indigo Bunting.  The bird
was quite cinnamon colored on it's head, back and wings.  It also showed a pale
throat, and streaked breast.  I put two shots I took together to create this
composite shot:

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/bunting_comp_01.jpg

When the bird was facing the pale throat and streaks were quite visible. 
Unfortunately the sun had already set, so I was using my flash from a distance.
 The bird was with a mixed flock of Chipping Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow and
Dark-eyed Junco at the dead end on Billy Mitchell Road, just north of Harold
Gatty Drive (there is a small circle here).

The other interesting bird, and perhaps even rarer than the bunting was what I
believe was appeared to be a hybrid RED-BREASTED x Red-naped Sapsucker.  The
bird initially flew past me, and appeared to have a lot of red on its head. 
When I located it in the tree it flew to I could see the red extending form the
throat, onto the breast, as well as onto the face and neck.  From behind the
bird had a lot of red from the forehead all the way to its back.  Otherwise,
the back and wing pattern as well as tail looked like a fairly typical RNSA.  I
didn't have my SLR with me, but managed a couple digi-binoc'd shots:

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/sapsucker_hybrid_01.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/octo07/sapsucker_hybrid_02.jpg

Would any of the Washington County folks care to comment on this bird, seeing as
a fair number of the hybrids tend to show up down there?  Definitely not
something I would expect in northern Utah.

A number of other migrants were still hanging around including:

 1 House Wren
 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 1 MacGillivray's Warbler
 2 Orange-crowned Warbler
 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 2 Western Tanager

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
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