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Video Wednesday – Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Video starring a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

This video was shot in our backyard nature preserve. It is over 2 minutes long but shows a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drilling holes and drinking out of them in our birch tree. Enjoy and please share with others!

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker from birdfreak on Vimeo.

Background noise includes: Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Brown-headed Cowbird, American Goldfinch, and our old 13-yr old Golden-retriever (clomping around the house)

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Melissa Gold says:

Great video! I like how he hops around to drill more holes

Posted on: April 9, 2008 @ 9:19 am
Sandpiper says:

Wonderful!!! I only see these birds about once a year. They’re sooooooooo beautiful!

Posted on: April 9, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
Shelley says:

I enjoyed watching him “work” the tree in this video! They are on my wish list to view in Michigan.
Shell

Posted on: April 9, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
mon@rch says:

Love your video of this sapsucker and not sure if you heard but flickr now offers videos also!

Posted on: April 9, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
J. Karl Clampit says:

Great use of the video! How nice to see the sapsucker at work. I’ve only seen him once or twice but never working to get the sap like this. Thanks for sharing!

Posted on: April 9, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
Brownstonebirder says:

Great video capture! I try to get videos too and know what a nice job you did to get that footage!

Posted on: April 13, 2008 @ 1:54 pm