Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are woodpeckers. Unlike red-bellied, downy, hairy, and red-headed woodpeckers they’re not year round residents in our area. They typically arrive in the Piedmont in October and depart by April when they head north or retreat back into our mountains to nest. You might see one or two a bit earlier or later than October or April, but those individuals are the exception. Sapsuckers drill small, neatly aligned holes or wells into the bark of trees. The holesRead more
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Hard Work Pays Off For Sap Sucking Bird!
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that drilled the wells, which flowed of sap, which in turn fed the ants of the very last post, was at it again. This time, it was the sapsucker that was sipping the sap from the wells. Hard work does pay off!Read more