To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Red-breasted Sapsucker
This is the time of the year when I begin to see Red-breasted Sapsuckers more frequently away from forested areas. I suppose they wander away from their nesting territories in search of good sap-filled trees to claim as their winter food source. I actually took this photo about 15 years ago when this bird (here in McMinnville, Oregon) allowed me to approach to within 6 ft., but I just rediscovered it as I was looking for a different photo. I don't expect to ever get that close to a free-flying, healthy Sapsucker again.
This is the time of the year when I begin to see Red-breasted Sapsuckers more frequently away from forested areas. I suppose they wander away from their nesting territories in search of good sap-filled trees to claim as their winter food source. I actually took this photo about 15 years ago when this bird (here in McMinnville, Oregon) allowed me to approach to within 6 ft., but I just rediscovered it as I was looking for a different photo. I don't expect to ever get that close to a free-flying, healthy Sapsucker again.
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