Category: Arthropods

  • Winter Visitor – Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Winter Visitor – Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    It was a good morning for birding, including spotting my first Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) of the season. This is a male who was happy to model for me. These woodpeckers for the most part eat arthropods, along with fruits and berries, tree sap, nuts, bast (inner bark of trees), and tree buds. I’m always…