Swede’s Photographs on Nostr: Upward Gaze This yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is looking up, perhaps ...

Upward Gaze

This yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is looking up, perhaps he sees a better spot. I think this is a young male because there are the beginnings of a red spot under his beak. You can clearly see why it is called yellow bellied.

"The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is the only woodpecker in eastern North America that is completely migratory. Although a few individuals remain throughout much of the winter in the southern part of the breeding range, most head farther south, going as far south as Panama. Females tend to migrate farther south than do males." - allaboutbirds.org

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