Unusual Sight Record for Utah
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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2025-61
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Date first observed: 8 Nov 2025
Location:
  Payson City Cemetery, Utah Co.

Sightings:

  • 8 Nov 2025 - Holden Green  [Record #2025-61], (Photos)
  • 11 Nov 2025 - KC Childs (Photos)
  • 28 Nov 2025 - Esther Sumner (Photo), Jeff Cooper
  • 29 Nov 2025 - Allison Cao (Photos), Kaleb Anderson (Photo), Pieter Anderson
  • 30 Nov 2025 - Ali Crandall, Bethany Crandall
  • 13 Dec 2025 to 6 Jan 2026  -   Report on 11 day:s.  Some photos:  Holden Green (eBird photo), Mike Munnerlyn (eBird), Dennis Shirley (eBird), Brent Preator (eBird photo), Nathan Robison, Clarissa Chipman (eBird photo)
  • 31 Dec 2025 - Kelly Nield
  • 1 Jan 2026 - JoAnn Cook (eBird), Kortni Coats, Bethany Crandall, Rob Parsons
  • 2 Jan 2026 - Natalie Tanner (eBird photo), JoAnn Cook (eBird), Kortni Coats
  • 3 Jan 2026 - Esther Sumner (eBird photo), Paul Killpack, Zack Glenn, Landon Graff, Natalie Tanner (eBird photo), KC Childs, Clarissa Chipman, Asher Lee, London Graham, Jesse Lee
  • 4 Jan 2026 - Ali Crandall,  KC Childs, Clarissa Chipman, Asher Lee, London Graham, Jesse Lee
  • 5 Jan 2026 - Matthew Pendleton (eBird photo)
  • 6 Jan 2026 - Neldon Kunz, Jessica Holt, Suzi Holt (eBird photo), Amanda Holt, Jen Hitt (eBird photo), Clarissa Chipman, Natalie Tanner (eBird photo), KC Childs, Rick Skousen
  • Last seen: 25 Feb 2026 - Andrew Hart (Photo)

Sight Records:


 

Records Committee Review:

 
  Date Posted

   Results

1st round: 11 Nov 2025 8 acc, 1 not
2nd round: 12 Dec 2025 9 acc
Completed: 3 Dec 2025 Accepted

 

Summary*:  The plumage for this time of year eliminates other similar species.
 
       | 37th Vetted Record | All Sightings |


 * Committee comments are available upon request to the Secretary
Note: 
The responsibility of the reviewers is to make sure that the record can stand alone to identify this species and to eliminate the possibility of a similar species. 
  
 

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