On Thursday June 26 at approximately 2 PM while walking along the Orchard fence at Carpenter Nature Center I spotted a male Yellow Bellied Sapsucker hammering on one of the 10' fence posts, then he went to the next and did the same. I got to within 15' of him before he flew away. I passed through the gate and on the other side I heard their distinct hammer again and turned to see him back at the same pole. As I sat there watching the bird I thought had returned another called behind me and flew right over my head to land on the very pole already occupied. They squawked at each other and the first one flew down two poles. They both started hammering. Later that afternoon I heard the call notes of one right outside our office from a birch tree above a bird bath. I did think this was pretty far south for breeding YBSA, the south end of Washington Couinty. Jim Fitzpatrick
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