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Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus ruber
(L 8.5" WS 16" WT 1.8 oz)
Del Valle
Regional Park
Regional Park
Livermore
29Dec2008
My father told me all about the
birds and the bees, the liar - I
went steady with a woodpecker
till I was twenty-one.
birds and the bees, the liar - I
went steady with a woodpecker
till I was twenty-one.
(Bob Hope)
Drillings for sap may
attract hummingbirds.
attract hummingbirds.
Note all the holes pecked
into the tree...In a linear
array!
into the tree...In a linear
array!
Sphyrapicus in Greek means
hammer; ruber is Latin for red.
hammer; ruber is Latin for red.
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