Northern flickers, red-shafted morph, visit my suet feeder [usually has
both Bug Bites at suet and Simply at suet] almost daily. After living here 16
years, only within the past few weeks have I actually seen red-breasted
sapsuckers in my area. One or more foraged in a large tree nearest my deck
where I have seed, suet, H2O and sugar-water feeders. My home is an
end-unit, top floor [4 stories up] condominium on the edge of Seahurst
forest some 11 miles S/SW of downtown Seattle. All my windows look out
into the forest canopy. I was able to get some quite nice photos of the
sapsucker. Tree peck-hole patterns in the forest suggest that sapsuckers
have been nearby for years. Finally nice to see one!

Cheers,
Maureen E Ellis
On the edge of Seahurst Park, SW central King County,
Seattle region, WA state, USA

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Bobn Bernie <BobnBernie at outlook.com> wrote:

> We live in a rural area between Renton and Issaquah. We see them making and
> visiting sap wells on a Birch tree in our yard and using a nest tree in a
> lot across the street.
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> We have been feeding birds for over twenty years. We have Pileated and
> Flicker daily along with Hairy and Downy in migration. We have never seen a
> Sapsucker on our feeder.
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> In the past, I conversed with birders on the east coast who rarely saw
> Flickers and never on a feeder. They were jealous we had so many close
> enough to take pictures.
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> The same people stated the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers fed from their suet
> feeders and were surprised ours did not.
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> It would be interesting to hear other's experiences with Flicker and
> Sapsuckers using suet.
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> Bob & Bernie Meyer
> Renton
> BobnBernie at outlook.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Francis
> Wood
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 9:24 PM
> To: Tweeters at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Red-Breasted Sapsucker in Seattle last week
>
> Hello Tweeters,
> Last week on Monday, September 28 a glorious Red- Breasted
> Sapsucker
> explored the trunk of a medium cypress about 5 yards from the dining room
> table where Bunny and I sat! I also heard from a neighbor within three or
> four blocks that she had had one view of a Sapsucker in her yard last week.
> We live in the Madrona neighborhood at 412 36th Avenue. We have feeders
> near the cypress but we did not see the Sapsucker on any of the feeders. I
> haven't seen any other references to this species on recent Tweeters
> messages. I wonder how common they are at this time of year.
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> Very best to all,
>
> Fran and Bunny Wood_______________________________________________
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