Post by bandj on Jun 26, 2011 21:27:30 GMT -8
On Mount Seymour today we saw this:
Guess who made the pretty pattern on the willow . . .
Answer below 
Here's who:
We've never noticed little waffle squares like this before! We watched this sapsucker drink sap from the uppermost squares, then saw him/her chisel out new squares and eat some of the cambium while he/she was about it.
The sapsucker looked bedraggled:
We wonder if the bird recently bathed, or got sap on its head feathers, or is in some kind of molt. Any ideas why? Here's one more picture of the whole bird:
Janet and Bryan
Guess who made the pretty pattern on the willow . . .
Answer below 
Here's who:
We've never noticed little waffle squares like this before! We watched this sapsucker drink sap from the uppermost squares, then saw him/her chisel out new squares and eat some of the cambium while he/she was about it.
The sapsucker looked bedraggled:
We wonder if the bird recently bathed, or got sap on its head feathers, or is in some kind of molt. Any ideas why? Here's one more picture of the whole bird:
Janet and Bryan
