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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Jewell Meadows, Oregon ~ December 3, 2011

Here's another of the critters living in Jewell Meadows besides the elk seen in an earlier post. I couldn't have told you what a sapsucker was until I looked it up, but a sapsucker is a kind of woodpecker. The "woodpecker" part I could have guessed. Take a look at his handiwork on that tree! The red-breasted sapsucker lives all along the West Coast of North America from the southern tip of Alaska to Baja California in Mexico.


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8 comments:

  1. I too have no idea about a sapsucker, but I also get the woodpecker bit.

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  2. That's the first ever sapsucker I have seen.

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  3. There seem to be several different kinds of woodpeckers. We had some similar to this in So. Florida and they were very damaging to our palm trees!

    Nice photos, Sheryl!

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  4. Ummmm...I should have good camera! ;)
    Fine shot!!

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  5. Hah! It must be through blogging that I knew a sapsucker was a woodpecker... but pecker seems more appropriate than sucker, that's for sure! Look at them holes! He's a beauty in coloration, but that sure is a mean eye he's giving you! :-)

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  6. What a cute little guy! Love him. :)

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  7. Excellent picture. Be sure to send it to Emilio. He will also be so proud of your vision.

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