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CTyankee

(63,903 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2019, 12:57 PM Oct 2019

Medium sized black bird with white stripe down its back...what was it?

Sorry, no pic...it appeared suddenly on my little honeysuckle where I usually get hummingbirds in early spring. I never saw a bird there before with this coloration. No color on its head.

Any ideas what bird this was?

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Medium sized black bird with white stripe down its back...what was it? (Original Post) CTyankee Oct 2019 OP

Could it be any of these? The Wielding Truth Oct 2019 #1

No, not really. This bird did not have color on its head or neck like some I see here and I CTyankee Oct 2019 #4

A hairy woodpecker? tblue37 Oct 2019 #2

It looked all black except for that stripe to me... CTyankee Oct 2019 #5

skunkbird d_r Oct 2019 #3

Skunkbird picture: tblue37 Oct 2019 #6

but the smell d_r Oct 2019 #7

This one? jpak Oct 2019 #8

whazzat? CTyankee Oct 2019 #9

Ivory-billed woodpecker jpak Oct 2019 #10

A female Downy Woodpecker doesn't have the red on her head like the male does. nt woodsprite Oct 2019 #11

The one I saw looked all black except for the white stripe. I will watch closely tomorrow CTyankee Oct 2019 #12

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)

1. Could it be any of these?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:07 PM

Oct 2019

https://www.google.com/search?q=black+bird+with+white+stripes&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=ytcMmlzZQDPbpM%253A%252CE8wZuuQlmOZ3tM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTzEwhu-CahZ9OWIW_ZUdKy13iMuQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipk6LG-cHlAhVDmuAKHaHjA70Q9QEwDnoECAYQJA#imgrc=ytcMmlzZQDPbpM:

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

4. No, not really. This bird did not have color on its head or neck like some I see here and I

Reply to The Wielding Truth (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:12 PM

Oct 2019

didn't see any white other than the stripe.

Of course, this was a fleeting moment so...

tblue37

(65,336 posts)

2. A hairy woodpecker?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:07 PM

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?322

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

5. It looked all black except for that stripe to me...

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:13 PM

Oct 2019

maybe it will revisit tomorrow morning...after my first cup of coffee...

d_r

(6,907 posts)

3. skunkbird

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:09 PM

Oct 2019

tblue37

(65,336 posts)

6. Skunkbird picture:

Reply to d_r (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:17 PM

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d_r

(6,907 posts)

7. but the smell

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:19 PM

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jpak

(41,757 posts)

8. This one?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 01:38 PM

Oct 2019

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

9. whazzat?

Reply to jpak (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 02:35 PM

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jpak

(41,757 posts)

10. Ivory-billed woodpecker

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 02:36 PM

Oct 2019

woodsprite

(11,911 posts)

11. A female Downy Woodpecker doesn't have the red on her head like the male does. nt

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 04:09 PM

Oct 2019

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

12. The one I saw looked all black except for the white stripe. I will watch closely tomorrow

Reply to woodsprite (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 04:13 PM

Oct 2019

as the window is right across from me while I have my coffee and watch Morning Joe. I am hoping this bird will return. I hope she/he won't migrate any time soon to escape our harsh CT winters...

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