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Steve’s Bird Of The Day #18.
Hello everyone! Here we are with yet another one of our woodpeckers, the “yellow-bellied sapsucker”. This one is just a summer visitor for us and likes to eat the sap from trees, something that makes people think they kill trees. However, that isn’t quite true. It wouldn’t work too well for these birds if they killed their food source. They do drill small holes in the trunks of trees like this one has done years ago and yet this birch tree is large and healthy. They really don’t take much sap and they use many trees in their territory to spread out their eating habits. Plus they eat insects especially during breeding time. They also provide a source of sap for other birds, such as hummingbirds. The pic above is of a female, the male has a red throat patch as well as the red cap. Have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Beautiful. I’ve never seen one of those before
Laugh a while See what happens
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They really are. They are not as noisy as other woodpeckers so are often missed even when in the area.
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That was quick ! I have never seen a yellow bellied sapsucker around here…nice pic…stay safe ! ☕️☕️🙂😺
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They are not often seen, less noisy than other woodpeckers. Thanks, you too!😀😺🌞📷
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Would love to see one of those!!
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They are a beautiful bird.
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