Red-breasted Sapsucker
On Monday of last week Joyce Rosenburg reported to me that she had seen the Red-breasted Sapsucker here in Dallas Retirement Village in the Weeping Cypress tree on Tilgner Ave. It was exciting because she and possibly a few others of us know that Sapsuckers are infrequent visitors to DRV. However, this particular tree is the one they always favor. I went in search of it the next morning and was rewarded with finding not one but two Sapsuckers! By the amount of calling going on, I am guessing that they are a mated pair. You can see their handiwork in this photo, the numerous holes that have been drilled through the bark over the years to be able to reach the sap. Also interested in the sap on this Tuesday morning was an Anna's Hummingbird, flittering around in hopes of sneaking in for a few slurps of sap.
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