Many bird species take advantage of Sapsucker wells, including some wintering
Rufous Hummingbirds. On warmer days the sap can also attract and trap small
insects that can attract that are then consumed as well.
Neat Observation.
Robert Lane
Seasonal Interpretive Naturalist /Volunteer Coordinator
Falls of the Ohio State Park
201 West Riverside Dr.
Clarksville, IN 47129
Office 812 280 9970
Email: rlane1@xxxxxxxxxx
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir
https://www.fallsoftheohio.org/
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While watching my feeders this morning I also got to watch a yellow-bellied
sapsucker developing some new feeding holes. It was working two 3” limbs about
4’ apart from each other. It would work on a new hole on a limb while
occasionally reaching back to adjacent holes for sap. It would work one limb
and then hop over and repeat the process on the other limb. With my scope I
could see the sap droplets and see them disappear as he fed. At one point he
flew off a little ways to chase a downy away. When he came back to his work
area he was soon chased away by a red-bellied which then fed on the sap from
holes in both limbs.
Dan Patrick- garrard county
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