the best of Nature At My Doorstep: Red-breasted Sapsucker

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Red-breasted Sapsucker

I think this is an immature Red-breasted Sapsucker. Sapsuckers are medium-sized woodpeckers. They drill holes in trees which they use as "wells" to obtain sap and insects.

PEACE EVERYONE

"Everything tries to be round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were." ~ Black Elk - Oglala Sioux

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To find new things, take the path you took yesterday." ~ John Burroughs

"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees." ~ Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation