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Sphyrapicus ruber

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Rotbrüstiger Saftlecker

The bird's foraging strategy consists of drilling neat horizontal rows of holes into tree trunks and then returning to those holes later to feed on the running sap and the insects trapped in the sap wells. Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC. Canada

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