You see or hear a sapsucker tapping in a yard tree and pay little attention to it. The bird perforates the tree or shrub trunk and main branches with numerous shallow holes, similar to a riveter working with sheet metal. A sapsucker feeds on the cambium sap and on insects under the bark. The holes are deep […]
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Sapsucker Feeding May Blacken Maple Trunks
Posted by Hugh on April 29th, 2012
Posted in Dogwood (Cornus), Elms (Ulmus), Maples (Acer), river birch, Sapsucker, Southern Appalachian Region, Yellowwood 
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