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SWEET TOOTH.....

The Hairy Woodpecker has a "sweet tooth". They take advantage of the work sapsuckers have done and drink sap leaking from wells in the tree bark. They've also been seen pecking into sugar cane to drink the sugary juice.

Photographed in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado.

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Uploaded on April 4, 2023
Taken on March 14, 2023