The yellow-bellied sapsucker is very habitual in nature, pecking “sample” holes to find a tree it likes. Once it finds a tree that it prefers, it will come back to that same tree again and ...

Yellow-bellied sapsuckers breed in northern forests of aspen, birch, poplar, and other deciduous trees. Mated pairs often return to the same nest cavity every spring. They prefer open forests and ...

Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are black and white, with hard-to-see yellow bellies, red caps, and a red throat patch on males. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are fairly quiet, bluebird sized birds.