Red-breasted sapsucker
Aha! I found the name of the woodpecker who has been leaving patterns of little holes on Gabriola’s alder trees – the bird I’ve been thinking of as the tattoo woodpecker. It’s the red-breasted sapsucker. From Birds of Coastal British Columbia: Sapsuckers have adopted a variation on the woodpecker theme. They drill tidy, parallel lines [...]
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