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Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) at Sap Wells

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Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) looking over a series of sap wells in a tree trunk. Sapsucker sap wells are also an important food source for other bird and insect species. Surrounding trees are mostly Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) and Garry Oak (Quercus garryana). Photographed in Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) looking over a series of sap wells in a tree trunk. Sapsucker sap wells are also an important food source for other bird and insect species. Surrounding trees are mostly Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) and Garry Oak (Quercus garryana). Photographed in Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.