Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
| Sphyrapicus varius | Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers) |
Sphyrapicus varius
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Sapsuckers use their brushy tongue to lap at the sap oozing from trees riddled with dozens or hundreds of sapsucker drill wells. Trees usually heal after the sapsucker moves on.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- The Sapsucker–Hummingbird Connection 2024
- April Is the Cruelest Month 2023
- April Update 2021
- Looking for the Special Ones 2021
- Winter's End 2021
- 2020 Duluth Christmas Bird Count 2020
- Backyard Fun 2020
- Questions from Eagle River 2020
- Spring Is Springing! 2020
- The Birds and the Bees 2020
- More about that Pink-footed Goose 2017
- Savoring a Slow Spring 2016
- The Cruelty of an April Wind 2016
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2016
- Migration Update 2015
- Review: Smart Phone Apps 2014
- Big Year Treasures 2013
- Book Review: Field Guides I Do Not Recommend 2011
- Hummingbirds Heading Our Way 2009
- Save Gas to Save Birds 2008
- Sapsucker Woods 2008
- Easter Weekend in Port Wing 2006
- Cape May Warbler 2004
- April is the cruelest month 2004
- Woodpeckers and Fungus 2004
- Dropping out of the Sky 2003
- Home from Ohio 2003
- Ice Storm 2003
- Spring Migratory Flocks 2003
- Early Spring Report 2003
- Window Strikes, Part I 2002
- Hummingbirds 2002
- House Karma 2001
- Extraterrestrials 2001
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2000
- Wintering Cape May Warbler 2000
- Silly Bird Names 1998
- Aspen Trees 1997
- Spring is here—almost 1997
- Aspen Tree 1996
- Spring Arrives 1996
- Breeding Bird Survey 1995
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1995
- Cape May Warbler 1995
- Hummingbirds 1995
- Aspen Trees 1995
- New Years Day 1991
- Fall Visitors to Duluth 1989
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1989
- My Aspen 1989
- How birds survive winter 1989
- Jolly Times at an Elderhostel 1988
- New Year's Day 1988 1988
- Fall Birds Passing Through Right Now 1986
- Silly Bird Names 1986
Sound Recordings
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 7 1/2 minutes of drumming and calls 2024
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drumming: 5 sets 2024
- Eastern Meadowlark: 10 songs 2019
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drumming 2018
- Dawn in Trempealeau, Wisconsin; May 12, 2018 2018
- Dawn chorus in Minocqua, Wisconsin 2009
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 mews 2004
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 mews 2003
- Dawn Chorus, Port Wing near sewage ponds 2001