yellow-bellied sapsuckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, © 2015 S. D. Stewart

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – immature male, indicated by red feathers beginning to show in throat

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – adult male seen in backyard through otherworldly mist

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  1. I love how this bird’s name sounds like a backwoods insult– but in reality is purely descriptive.

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