{"id":23218,"date":"2015-05-03T03:50:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T09:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=23218"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:53:21","slug":"at-the-magical-sapsucker-tree-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/05\/03\/at-the-magical-sapsucker-tree-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Magical Sapsucker Tree Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Williamson's<\/a>Williamson’s Sapsucker at the Magical Sapsucker Tree<\/span><\/p>\n

The day started off dreary at the Red Rock Lakes NWR campground but things began to get sunnier and more magical at the Sapsucker Tree I visited last year and the starring bird was the Willamson’s Sapsucker<\/span><\/a> himself. It was so good to see and photograph him again. I didn’t see the female, maybe the next time I go to the tree I will.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Chickadee in the Targhee National Forest<\/span><\/p>\n

A Mountain Chickadee<\/span><\/a> also showed up on a branch chattering the whole time it was there. In hindsight I wish I had not removed my teleconverter so I could have gotten some frame filling shots but I like this image any way.<\/p>\n

\"Red-breastedRed-breasted Nuthatch in the Targhee National Forest of Idaho<\/span><\/p>\n

A pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches<\/span><\/a> also made an appearance and went to each cavity and checked them out before they flew away.<\/p>\n

It seems something is always going on at the Magical Sapsucker Tree!<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

I am not sure how sharp these images are because I am viewing and processing on my lap top while I am traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday may have started off dreary but it sure got lively with a Willamson’s Sapsucker, Mountain Chickadee and a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches at the Magical Sapsucker Tree! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[27,2578,2244,2782,3700,2261,2575],"tags":[4004,1919,4897,4929,5147,6273,6274,5370,3969,2780,4069,4075,2580,4927,4928,2139,2779,3701,5847,3094,3702,2577,4427,4076,2576,4777,2146],"class_list":["post-23218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-clark-county","category-idaho","category-mountain-chickadees","category-red-breasted-nuthatches","category-targhee-national-forest","category-williamsons-sapsuckers","tag-adult","tag-aspen","tag-branch","tag-cavity-nesting-birds","tag-chattering","tag-chickadee","tag-chickadees","tag-forest","tag-montana","tag-mountain-chickadee","tag-mountains","tag-nest","tag-nesting-cavity","tag-nuthatch","tag-nuthatches","tag-pair","tag-poecile-gambeli","tag-red-breasted-nuthatch","tag-sapsucker","tag-sapsuckers","tag-sitta-canadensis","tag-sphyrapicus-thyroideus","tag-tree","tag-trees","tag-williamsons-sapsucker","tag-woodpecker","tag-woodpeckers"],"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