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Sphyrapicus ruber  (Red-Breasted Sapsucker)

Photo of Sphyrapicus ruber by rod  innes
© rod innes (Photo ID #13488)

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
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UTM Northing Photo ID # 13488
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.


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