Every spring, most often in the early morning hours, a male Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker drums on the metal roof of a cabin just outside our bedroom window. According to allaboutbirds.org, most non-birders believe that the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a fictitious bird created just for the humorous name. It is in fact a widespread species of small woodpecker. Read more at www.distanthillgardens.org/life-on-distant-hill-blog/
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, is a medium-sized woodpecker.
