This time of year the birds are working on the remaining apples in the orchard. The Pileateds and Flickers are regulars. Today we watched a hummingbird going around and probing the holes in the apples made by the other birds.

Stan Kostka
East of Bryant
Arlington WA

Subject: Anna's Hummingbird feeding behavior
Date: Thu Oct 22 2020 19:44 pm
From: benedict.t AT comcast.net
While I was watching a sapsucker working a cedar in our yard a couple of days ago one of our resident Anna's came by and hovered very close to the sapsucker for about 10 seconds. This is the first time I've seen these species associate. I haven't seen the Anna's actually feed from a sapsucker hole, though, but that's a reasonable thing to do. I would guess it would need to be relatively fresh sap. Before you mentioned this I was thinking that the hummingbird was hoping to grab some small insects stirred up by the woodpecker. It will be interesting to hear from some experts.
Tom Benedict
Seahurst
Burien, WA

> On Oct 22, 2020, at 17:27, Patricia Brent wrote:

> In multiple occasions today I witnessed Anna's Hummingbirds feeding from sapsucker holes in a nearby cedar tree. Is there evidence that this is a typical behavior? In 26 years of birding, I have never seen this.

> Patti Brent

> Salmon Creek

> Vancouver, WA