Yesterday I found an adult male Willamson's Sapsucker drilling sap wells in a deciduous tree in a dry wash in the middle of pinyon-juniper habitat in the lower foothills near Canon City. Boy, in sunlight this male's brilliant colors were outstanding. Of all species this tree was a Siberian elm, one of a few small elms and some tamarisk surrounded by pinyons and junipers. I thought he was here as a result of a down-slope movement prior to migration and was just latish on migrating further south. Since I didn't have much time to observe him yesterday I returned today and found both a male and an adult female Williamson's Sapsucker working this same tree. I also saw that there were hundreds of sap wells that had been drilled into the limbs of this elm which would seem to indicate that one or both of these had been here for some time. Both were quite shy but I was able to get several good photos of the male and one good one of the female that I have uploaded to my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> blog with additional discussion.
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