Apr 17
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), male with sap wells, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Western U.S.
photograph by Mick Thompson
seen from Poland
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seen from Poland
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seen from Hong Kong SAR China
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seen from Poland
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seen from Iraq
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seen from United States
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seen from Malaysia
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), male with sap wells, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Western U.S.
photograph by Mick Thompson
happy belated mother's day to these two
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 uplands
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis x ruber
1/31/2024 Los Angeles County, California
Today I got some better pictures of a sapsucker that was going around making holes in trees to test for or drink some tree sap. Someone told me that they make it easier for hummingbirds when they first return because on cold days when plants aren't producing nectar hummingbirds go around to holes the sapsuckers made and sip it and to eat tiny insects drawn to it. So hurray for yellow-bellied sapsuckers in the woods!
Pied woodpecker (Melanerpini) tribe - round 2
Which is the best bird?
Downy woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Red-naped sapsucker
Acorn woodpecker
Great-spotted woodpecker
Yellow bellied sapsucker who let me get REALLY close to take some pictures. She was very very vocal about it
Red-Breasted Sapsucker and Hummingbird. Hummingbirds and other animals eat sap from sapsucker wells or the insects attracted to the wells.