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Sphyrapicus ruber
(Red-Breasted Sapsucker)
© rod innes (Photo ID #13487)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
powell river bc
Photographer
rod innes
Habitat
forests,parks,orchards,gardens
Photo Date
May 28, 2009
Upload Date
April 21, 2011
Elevation (m)
200
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
13487
Notes
common name '' yellow-bellied sapsucker'' on the west coast they have a red head nape and throat. sapsuckers do not have barbed tongues and cant get the wood-boring insects from trees. so they drill holes in birch trees or orchard trees and eat the sap and insects that get caught in the sap. this photo shows the back markings.
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