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
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Photo ID #	13487
Comments	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.