This is the second winter we have had a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker using a very
large Loblolly Pine tree. It just started this winter about a week ago. It
calls frequently as it works the tree. Last winter it drilled holes from about
15 feet high to about 40 feet. Smaller birds came to them also . This year it
is drilling down to about 2 feet above the ground. The placement of holes is
completely random. Later in the winter when they go to the non-native hollies,
they use a waffle-shaped group of 1/2 inch squares. On the crab-apple tree
they make circles of holes (many of them). My opinion is they don't need us to
feed them.
Hayes Williams in the middle of Gloucester County
On January 4, 2018 at 4:25 PM Walter Hadlock via va-bird
<va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good afternoon,
We are able to provide food for all the birds frequenting our yard except
for a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. We have a Suet “Sandwich” that other species
of woodpeckers can manage, but not the Sapsucker.
Any suggestions on what we can do to help it? It does spend time poking
around in the bark on our Silver Maple. But, it seems o.k., but with the
drastic wind chill here in Herndon, we’re not sure it will make it.
It cannot manage the suet in a cup that is in a cage frequented by the
Bluebirds.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Jay and Carol Hadlock
Herndon, VA
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