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    The Red-Breasted Sapsucker is a small bird with a red head and chest and black back that lives in birch forests along the west coast of North America during winter. It drills small holes in trees to extract sap and insects, and other animals like hummingbirds use these holes to access sap.

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    The Red-Breasted Sapsucker is a small bird with a red head and chest and black back that lives in birch forests along the west coast of North America during winter. It drills small holes in trees to extract sap and insects, and other animals like hummingbirds use these holes to access sap.

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    The Red-Breasted Sapsucker is a small bird with a red head and chest and black back that lives in birch forests along the west coast of North America during winter. It drills small holes in trees to extract sap and insects, and other animals like hummingbirds use these holes to access sap.

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    Red-Breasted Sapsucker Characteristics

    Sphyrapicus ruber Appearance: Red head and chest; black back


    Size: 8’’ in height
    Call: High pitch "kaw"
    The Red-Breasted Sapsucker is found in
    Location: Birch trees
    the forests of the west coast. This bird
    Season: Winter
    spends its time looking for insects and
    making small holes in trees to suck up
    the sap, hence its name. Other animals o Native
    such as hummingbirds use the holes
    made by the Red-Breasted Sapsucker to
    find sap.

    Sources
    Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    Pictures: M Bragg and Megan Leich

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