Sphyrapicus ruber  (Red-Breasted Sapsucker)

© 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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Photo ID #	13488
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.