Thursday's Bird Watch

Welcome back Red-breasted Sapsuckers! This Sapsucker, plus two others were seen here in the Dallas Retirement Village in front of the Health Care Center last week on Sunday afternoon October 15th.  We were excited because they have not been seen here at DRV in a year and a half since April of 2022.  Sapsuckers belong to the Woodpecker Family and are unique in that they drill a series of holes through the bark of trees to be able to harvest the sap.  They return to these "sap wells" again and again to drink the sap.  The Sapsuckers' recurrence that day remains a mystery.  We have not seen them again in the following days. We checked each of the six trees they visited and could not find any sap holes.  Perhaps the three birds we only passing through that day.  We can only hope they will make a return visit; they are such striking birds.