Thursday's Birdwatch!

Our Red-breasted Sapsucker is back! Last week on October 8th we found a Red-breasted Sapsucker in the Weeping Cypress tree on Tilgner Ave across the street from the Maintenance Building. It's always a treat to peer into that tree and find the Sapsucker at work. Jeanette and I have been keeping records of bird observations at Dallas Retirement Village using eBird.org for over 5 years now.  Our very first sighting of a Red-breasted Sapsucker at DRV was on Jan. 9th, 2020. The species has since been seen here 76 times, almost every month of the year, except it has never been seen during the months of June, July, or August. Why? Is the sap not running in those summer months, or are the birds off nesting in some secluded locations? Let me know if you have an opinion.