A First (of sorts)
On November 4 I discovered that this species--which I had seen in the yard just four times before then--seems to actually be more-or-less of a regular, except that its visits appear to be confined mostly to some kind of sappy conifer in the front yard to which I have never paid any attention. In fact, between work and the early darkness I hadn't really given it another look since then. However, today while Mrs. Orca and I were waging our annual war on leaves she spotted this bird land on a cedar stump and then hop down for a drink at the bubbler of our pond, something I'd never seen it do before. I of course raced for the camera but didn't come away with much to show for a very exciting encounter. Red-breasted sapsucker, backyard Olympia.
A First (of sorts)
On November 4 I discovered that this species--which I had seen in the yard just four times before then--seems to actually be more-or-less of a regular, except that its visits appear to be confined mostly to some kind of sappy conifer in the front yard to which I have never paid any attention. In fact, between work and the early darkness I hadn't really given it another look since then. However, today while Mrs. Orca and I were waging our annual war on leaves she spotted this bird land on a cedar stump and then hop down for a drink at the bubbler of our pond, something I'd never seen it do before. I of course raced for the camera but didn't come away with much to show for a very exciting encounter. Red-breasted sapsucker, backyard Olympia.