{"id":137907,"date":"2024-12-17T02:50:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T08:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=137907"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:50:00","slug":"yellow-bellied-sapsucker-in-a-pear-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/12\/17\/yellow-bellied-sapsucker-in-a-pear-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow-bellied Sapsucker In A Pear Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m sharing an image of a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a pear tree that I photographed three days ago here in Arkansas. This isn’t a lifer bird for me.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in a pear tree \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/200, ISO 1000, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t photographed this sapsucker species much at all. The last time I had this species in my viewfinder was in 2008, and at that time, I lived in Florida.<\/p>\n

Utah infrequently had vagrant Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers show up; I never found one, though. They are still on the Utah Review List.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen a few Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in Oklahoma and Arkansas since I arrived here, but they have all been too far away to photograph.<\/p>\n

When I saw this male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the pear tree, I had to get up and move a little closer to take my photos of him. I do wish I had the f11 800mm lens attached to the Canon R7 when he appeared so I could have had more focal length.<\/p>\n

All in all, I\u2019m happy with this photo, and I even created a gallery for my Yellow-bellied Sapsucker images on my site.<\/p>\n

Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are not year-round residents here, but they do overwinter in the area.<\/p>\n

I’ve been seeing three of these beautiful sapsuckers hanging around the yard, and I hope to have more opportunities to photograph them soon.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m sharing an image of a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a pear tree that I photographed three days ago here in Arkansas. This isn’t a lifer bird for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13950,13951,16038],"tags":[13931,4062,15769,5847,3094,16041,15824,4427,2146,13966,16042],"class_list":["post-137907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-sebastian-county","category-yellow-bellied-sapsuckers","tag-garden","tag-male","tag-pear-tree","tag-sapsucker","tag-sapsuckers","tag-sphyrapicus-varius","tag-suburban","tag-tree","tag-woodpeckers","tag-yard","tag-yellow-bellied-sapsucker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t