Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Red-naped Sapsucker

Another in the series of photos I took of this Red-naped Sapsucker in a local park on 23rd June 2005. I rarely get to see one of these attractive birds, so I was really lucky that afternoon.

Another photo in a series that I took in one of my local parks. I stood for ages watching this pair of Red-naped Sapsuckers flying to and from this old tree stump.

This male has a red forehead, red patch behind the ear and a red chin and throat.

This is a male because it has a red chin and throat. These woodpeckers drill a series of small, square wells in a tree trunk, making quite a perfect pattern of lined-up "holes". Then they lap up the sap (and insects) from these square wells with their fringed tongue.

Quite a striking bird, but not seen all that often.