How To Use Sapsucker In A Sentence
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One of the most strongly migratory woodpeckers, the Red-naped Sapsucker travels as far south as central Mexico for the winter.
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They pierce the base of a flower to get at the nectar, and visit woodpecker and sapsucker holes for tree sap.
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The largest of Washington's sapsuckers, Williamson's Sapsuckers are striking birds.
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Some of the more common birds are the northern pygmy-owl, olive warbler, red-faced warbler, hepatic tanager, mountain bluebird, pygmy nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, Mexican junco, Steller's jay, red-shafted flicker and the Rocky Mountain sapsucker.
Arizona-New Mexico Mountains Semidesert-Open Woodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)
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They also visit sapsucker holes and feed on sap and insects attracted to the holes.
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But by far the most fascinating character of this group was the red-breasted sapsucker.
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It catches insects in flight and uses sapsucker holes to feed on sap and insects attracted to the sap.
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Major sap wells were defined as clusters of 100 or more holes on the boles or large branches of living trees and were located by visual survey of the forest and by observing the activity of foraging sapsuckers.
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Some of the more common birds are the northern pygmy-owl, olive warbler, red-faced warbler, hepatic tanager, mountain bluebird, pygmy nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, Mexican junco, Steller's jay, red-shafted flicker and the Rocky Mountain sapsucker.
Arizona-New Mexico Mountains Semidesert-Open Woodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)
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Wouldn't it be worth it just to go to see tons and tons of pileated woodpeckers, sapsuckers, red-headed woodpeckers?
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Our latest visitor, number 138, was a woodpecker, a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
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They also eat other insects and some fruit, and they visit sapsucker wells to feed on the sap.
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Because trees may die as a result of sapsucker attack, and many animals may need sap for food, how sapsuckers choose their trees and extract sap from them has far-reaching implications for the whole forest community.
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Williamson's Sapsuckers form monogamous pairs, a bird often pairing with its mate from a previous year.
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Then I heard the red-head chattering and the plaintive mew of the sapsucker.
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Birds that have been observed to make incisions for sap include the North American sapsuckers and other woodpeckers including Acorn Woodpecker, White-fronted Woodpecker, and various European and Asian species.
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Alternatively, my drillings may have been adequate mimics of true sap holes, but the sapsuckers may employ additional (as yet unknown) techniques to induce sap flow.
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Immature birds have been observed eating sap from sapsucker holes in trees.
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They also eat sap from sapsucker holes or from holes they themselves have drilled and also some fruit, flower nectar, seeds, and insects, especially flying ants.
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When nectar resources are scarce, hummingbirds will also feed on sap from holes in trees made by sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus).
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I obtained sap only when my incisions were made within 0.5 cm above active sapsucker holes, and then only after sapsuckers had access to my holes for a few hours.
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Red-naped Sapsuckers are the most common sapsucker in deciduous and streamside forests, especially in and around aspen, cottonwood, and willow.
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They also feed on sap from sapsucker holes, berries, nuts, seeds, and suet.
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Their numbers may have declined because of habitat degradation, but these sapsuckers are still fairly numerous, and the Breeding Bird Survey has identified a non-significant annual increase in Washington since 1966.
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A small woodpecker flew into a tree above me, and when I saw its slender profile and long bill, I thought it must be a sapsucker.
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Thus, although it is clear that the trees that sapsuckers attack are less healthy than surrounding trees, without more information, firm conclusions cannot be drawn about whether sapsucker use is a cause or an effect of this phenomenon.
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To test whether the use of specific trees could help explain how sapsuckers obtain free-flowing sap from their incisions, I attempted to extract sap from both used and unused trees.