Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

This woodpecker makes neat rows of holes in tree bark in order to gather sap and also eat the insects that get trapped in it. Hence the name Sapsucker. The hints of yellow on the chest and belly also contribute to the common name.

This is a female. Males have a red throat.

Note the distinctive pattern of neat rows of shallow holes that they make to harvest the sap.

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