I was able to get some good video of the male as well as the female Williamson's Sapsucker and I have uploaded the first few clips onto my BirdsAndNature <http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com> . It is less intrusive to use my camcorder as it makes less noise than my dslr and this very shy guy tolerated it better. If you have never watched a sapsucker drill sap wells or probe previously drilled wells for more sap or insects or both, these will be most informative. For those of us who enjoy bird watching these are too cool plus they provide good views of front, back and some of usually not seen plumage.
I didn't get out until this afternoon to check sap wells at the Abbey so didn't see any sapsuckers but from the number of sap wells freshly drilled I believe there are at least 2 sapsuckers working there (I just checked most of these trees last week so new sap wells have mostly been drilled in fewer than 7 days). In the past there have been 2 sapsuckers working this area. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
