{"id":15330,"date":"2014-07-06T04:47:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T10:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2025-05-24T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:08:52","slug":"red-naped-sapsuckers-of-clark-county-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/07\/06\/red-naped-sapsuckers-of-clark-county-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-naped Sapsuckers of Clark County, Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-napedRed-naped Sapsucker male\u00a0– Nikon D7100, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a Sapsuckery trip to Montana and Idaho last week, with photographing both Red-naped Sapsuckers and Williamson’s Sapsuckers at their nesting cavities and what I believe to have been a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that I didn’t get an image of. I guess I could call it a Sapsucker Trifecta!<\/p>\n

The male Red-naped Sapsucker above is the bird that came in to investigate the Magical Sapsucker Tree<\/a><\/span> with a Williamson’s Sapsucker pair feeding their young that I posted about earlier.<\/p>\n

\"Red-napedRed-naped Sapsucker female – Nikon D7100, f7.1, 1\/125, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I did find and point out another nesting tree last week because a House Wren flitting about caught my eye just like in late May when chattering House Wrens clued me in on the first Williamson’s Sapsuckers excavating their nests.<\/p>\n

This time I only saw the House Wren for a second but it drew my eye to an aspen with at least two nesting cavities in it. Seconds after seeing the House Wren a female Red-naped Sapsucker flew in with a bill full of sap and entered the nesting cavity and soon afterwards a male showed up as well. I could hear their chicks begging to be fed inside of the tree.<\/p>\n

It was great fun photographing these two sapsucker species and\u00a0I\u00a0wish I had been able to get at least one ID confirming\u00a0image of the Yellow-bellied too.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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