How Rare Is A YellowBellied Sap Sucker?
November 14, 2007
I’m a Native Californian down to the wire. Always have been a city girl. When I moved to the East Coast 15 yrs ago I found the species of birds in this area compelling. My Significant Other and I became Bird Watchers. It started with one bird feeder, and just watching the normal habitat of our backyard. Our Big Back Yard.
We are pretty fortunate I think because we see the following birds on a regular basis: Hummingbirds, Sparrows, House Finches, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Titmouse, Purple House Finches, Bluebirds, Cowbirds, Redwinged Blackbirds, Grackles and my Favorite Nuthatches. We have Mourning Doves and Barn Owls and Mockingbirds too. But I’m not done. We also see Starlings, Common Flickers, Red Bellied Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, and Juncos. Cardinals and Robins and Indigo Blue Buntings. Eastern Towhees. For the first time this weekend we actually saw a Red Breasted Nuthatch, and then a Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker.
The Sap Sucker I think was one of our best sightings ever. She didn’t stay too long, just only one day. So we had to mark her as an accidental sighting in our book. We have Grey Catbirds and Blue Jays and sometimes a Rose Breasted Grosbeak. Another favorite rarely seen bird for us.
It’s as simple as hanging out a bird feeder and a few socks of thistle or blocks or bells of suet. You never know who will show up for dinner!
