Tap. Tap tap. Tap tap tap. Sapsuckers are very precise birds. Draw a line to the right from his beak and you can where he’s started his excavations. Sapsuckers like the tree sap that will gather in the holes, and any bugs that get caught in the sticky goo are a bonus!
They stick together through thick and thin!
C‘mon, get up! You’re late, let’s get going!
“Yeah, well I don’t like you!” “Yeah, well I don’t like you either!”
How do they do it? The American Dipper makes its living splashing around streams looking for aquatic invertebrates. Bugs. Little bugs. Somehow they find enough of them, even when the water temperature is below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s amazing!