The Red-breasted Sapsucker cuts a dramatic profile with its brilliant scarlet head and dapper checkerboard pattern on the back. Sapsuckers are named for their habit of drilling rows of shallow wells in shrubs and trees, and then lapping up the sap with their brush-tipped tongues. Sapsuckers are important members of their ecosystems, because many species of insects, birds, and mammals use the sapwells to supplement their own diets.
Finally finished processing all the pictures from my trip, and I'll be sharing some of my favourites here. eBird trip report with them all, even the not-so-good/"ID Quality" ones: https://ebird.org/tripreport/122208
On the first real day of birding, there was a #YellowWarbler being very photogenic, as well as a #SpottedTowhee looking fabulous and a male #DownyWoodpecker checking out some #RedBreastedSapsucker holes in a tree.
All the babies all the time.... Chicks are so hongreeee. I might have made a better bird than a breastfeeding mammal because I'm better at finding bugs... This time of year it's fairly easy locating the nest/holes because the chicks are so loud. I really don't understand how they make it to fledging! #RedbreastedSapsucker was bringing back insects at regular intervals. Feed me! Feed me!
#wsanesterritory #birds #birdphotography #woodpecker #キツツキ #wander
87. This red-breasted sap sucker jerk likes to bang on the downspout outside my bedroom every morning at six AM.
#bird #redbreastedsapsucker #woodpecker #ijustwanttosleep #mastoart
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