Woodpecker Wednesday
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a North American woodpecker that breeds in Canada and upper northern U.S. from the east to the mid-west, and migrates to the east coast and lower mid-west and into Central America for its winter. I enjoy their fall to spring visit with us.
While out birding by car down a favorite dead-end back road last week, I stopped for this handsome fella working a tree.
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is sized inbetween our Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers. The male is designated by a red throat.
It’s similar counterpart is the Red-naped Sapsucker who resides from the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker’s western region reach and west from there, with regions overlapping between the two species.
Length: 7.1-8.7 in (18-22 cm)
Weight: 1.5-1.9 oz (43-55 g)
Wingspan: 13.4-15.8 in (34-40 cm)
Bay Photos by Donna 