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A Very Quiet Afternoon
Outside on a very quiet afternoon. No sounds at all except for a call that is not familiar at all to me. Sort of a quick nasally mewy sound. I’m hearing this sound maybe once every couple minutes. Finally I see the source of the calls. It’s a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) further up in…
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The Sapsuckers Are Back
Elation at the cabin this afternoon as I spotted two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus varius). One took off before I was able to get a photo of both of them together, working on a Flowering Dogwood tree. They’ve returned to their winter home! The one that remained in this image is a female. Working to get…