Red-naped Sapsucker - Male

A male red-naped sapsucker perches on a building at work. It is mating season for them, so that means a lot of excess noise around the office. The males warn other males of their presence and attract females by pecking very rapidly on the loudest things they can find. In this case, the wood and tin roof of our boat shed. Making noise in north Idaho.

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travismorhardt

Lion

Below is a video of the bird pictured above drastically plying for attention:

Posted 10 years ago

morpheme

Lion

lol - I saw a flicker drumming on the side of someone's house the other day. The flicker must have been in heaven, it was quite loud, but I'm guessing the homeowner may end up a little unhappy… Posted 10 years ago
1. travismorhardt
  
  Lion
  
  Any member of the woodpecker family is really load this time of year; it has been difficult getting any work done at the office since our office is on a wildlife refuge in a cottonwood grove where endless flickers ans sapsuckers seem to be hanging out. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Still, I'd like me an office like that :) Thank you for putting in the effort for the video, it really enriches the contribution. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

The Red-naped sapsucker

The red-naped sapsucker is a medium-sized North American woodpecker. Long thought to be a subspecies of the yellow-bellied sapsucker, it is now known to be a distinct species.

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans

Species identified by travismorhardt