The bird flew at me again, in an attempt to drive me off. Now I see why. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was defending his sap wells against me. I guess it felt I was a threat to his food source.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker sucking sap
The sapsucker continued to keep its eyes on me.As I was watching the sapsucker, a Fox Sparrow briefly flew in. Also, this Eastern Bluebird landed very near the sapsucker to see what I was looking at.
Eastern Bluebird male
And of course there were many chickadees chickadeeing...
Carolina Chickadee
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What lovely photographs! I have seen a couple of those in our neck of the woods. They are so pretty and such fun to watch...unless they're aiming for you, that is. LOL
ReplyDeleteVery interesting that the bird would defend its food source. I hadn't heard of that before. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteLots of visitors in your yard - very cool!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds!!
ReplyDeleteDonald, you have some nice visitors in your yard.
ReplyDeleteDon,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great backyard session you had! The yellow bellied sap sucker is a bird that we supposedly have in MI but you couldn't prove it by me. It is not checked off in my Birds of Michigan guide. I did not know they are so aggressive! Good job catching the moment! ;-)WBW
Too funny... better start watching your back!
ReplyDeleteGreat Story and good series of photos.Boom & Gary from The Vermilon River.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Sapsucker experience and the cool photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy garden you have!
ReplyDeleteNice photos!!
ReplyDeleteWorld Bird Wednesday?? WOW! Where have I been? I think that's a riot what that sapsucker did to you. I've never seen such a thing.
ReplyDeleteHello Donaldthebierder,
ReplyDeleteI just visited your blog and I found the photo of the beautiful Peak.
I started to publish regularly on my blog insects.
Soon
Sorry Donaldthebierder,
ReplyDeleteI meant the picture of the yellow-bellied Sapsucker is magnificent.