You can always tell if a Sapsucker was forging on a tree….they always drill small holes in a row.
This is the first observation at Chassahowitzka WMA. Currently, I have 132 species and my goal is to get at least 200 or more!
While taking photos, a Red-bellied woodpecker flew over, and this is the second time I noticed how rude this bird is! Here is this little Sapsucker just enjoying its day foraging for insects on a pine tree and this Red-bellied Woodpecker, ya, that one in the photo below flew over and pushed the Sapsucker away.
Red-bellied Wood Pecker | December 2019 | Alice Mary Herden
I saw this happen a couple of days before as another Red-bellied did the same thing to a Downy woodpecker … Geez.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | December 2019 | Alice Mary Herden
Lots of links below!
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-bellied_Sapsucker/id
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/yellow-bellied-sapsucker
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/xyz/yellow-bellied-sapsucker/
https://ebird.org/species/yebsap
Have great January 1, 2020
Categories: Birds, Nature Photography, Woodpeckers
