Williamson's
Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus
thyroideus
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![]() Williamson's Sapsucker has the most striking difference in appearance between males and females of any North American woodpecker, as shown above and below. |
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![]() Above, female, and below, male, bringing insects to nest to feed young birds. |
![]() Above and below, Williamson's Sapsuckers high in a tree, as I usually see them. |
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![]() A male on his way to the nest to feed young birds. How do woodpeckers manage to carry so many insects? I'd think that as they foraged they would have to open their bills to capture new ones, and the others would fall out. |