Friday, December 16, 2022

Red-breasted sapsucker in Oregon

A red-breasted sapsucker drills holes and feeds on sap from the trunk of an apple tree on a farm near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. According to allaboutbirds.com, sapsuckers are important members of their ecosystems, because many species of insects, birds, and mammals use the sapwells they drill to supplement their own diets.




 

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