“And you tell him if he don’t show up himself, he ain’t nothing but a yellow-bellied sapsucking coward.”–Denzel Washington as Sam Chisolm in the 2016 remake of "The Magnificent Seven" Arguably our ...

If you think “woodpecker” is a funny name for a bird, how would you like to be called a “sapsucker?” Like Rodney Dangerfield, the Picidae family just gets no respect. There are 22 members of this ...

What’s in a name? Sapsuckers are woodpeckers that do indeed suck sap. These birds have the peculiar habit of drilling tiny holes into the inner bark of a tree trunk, in neatly spaced rows. The birds ...

BEMIDJI -- Minnesota is home to many types of woodpeckers, but the yellow-bellied sapsucker has the best name out of all of them -- at least in my opinion. They aren’t one you will often see at your ...

Red-naped sapsuckers peck holes in the bark of trees to drink the sap and eat insects that come to drink. Click here for larger image Photo: Jeff Mitton. Tapping in a tree attracted my attention; ...

There it was, attached to the siding of Mae Whalen's northeast Rochester home. It looked almost natural, as if it had just landed in hopes of finding some insects inside the painted redwood siding.