Sapsucker

Download or read book Sapsucker: Damage Varies with Tree Species and Seasons written by Francis M. Rushmore and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As use of our forests intensifies, we foresters are paying more and more attention to the agents that damage trees. Much attention has been paid to fire, insects, and diseases. Now we are becoming more concerned about the damage done by animals and birds. One bird that draws our attention is the yellow-bellied sapsucker. This sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius varius L.) is a member of the American woodpecker family. It attacks trees to feed on the sap and bark tissues (fig. 1). Its attacks can kill the tree or seriously degrade the wood. To learn more about this bird, the damage it does, its habitat, and its ecology, the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station has made a 5-year series of observational studies of this sapsucker and its behavior and feeding habits in our New England forests.