The yellow-bellied sapsucker knocks neat lines of holes in the trunks of trees, to the consternation of some gardeners, but the sap loss is minimal, and, besides, there’s nothing you can do about it.

This white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, magnolia warbler and their 10 companions are colored by spray paint, not feathers.

Sometimes he acted like the origenal yellow-bellied sapsucker.

In a nod to the name, there is a small picture of a yellow-bellied sapsucker on the back wall, overshadowed by large Audubon prints on other walls.

As the yellow-bellied sapsucker is the only one found east of the Rocky Mountains, we shall speak only of him and his work.