sapsucker
noun
sap·suck·er ˈsap-ˌsə-kər 
: any of a genus (Sphyrapicus) of North American woodpeckers that drill holes in trees in order to obtain sap and insects for food
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web On the front wall, a pair of Bullock’s orioles feeds three chicks, and a red-breasted sapsucker feeds two. 
James F. Lee, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Hampden County: The area hosted a Barrow’s goldeneye on the Connecticut River in Chicopee, lingers included a gray catbird at Laughing Brook Sanctuary and a yellow-bellied sapsucker in Springfield. BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022 For trees in stress with yellow leaves, mistletoe, sapsucker damage, dead tip growth and other symptoms, apply the entire Sick Tree Treatment. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021 Other North American woodpeckers that cache are downy, red-headed, hairy, Lewis, red-bellied, gila, golden-fronted and red-bellied sapsucker. Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020 Prior to Hercules' tenure at the airport, wildlife strikes have included at least two coyotes, two deer, three bats, three geese and a yellow bellied sapsucker. Rick Steelhammer, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2020 Other highlights included a prairie warbler, a common yellowthroat, a rusty blackbird, and 3 yellow-bellied sapsuckers in Wellfleet, and a vesper sparrow in Truro. BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020 Yep, those straight rows or columns of holes in the trunks and limbs of your tree are compliments of the pretty sapsucker woodpecker. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019 The holes are not caused by borers, but instead by woodpeckers or sapsuckers. Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 27 Apr. 2018 See More
James F. Lee, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Hampden County: The area hosted a Barrow’s goldeneye on the Connecticut River in Chicopee, lingers included a gray catbird at Laughing Brook Sanctuary and a yellow-bellied sapsucker in Springfield. BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022 For trees in stress with yellow leaves, mistletoe, sapsucker damage, dead tip growth and other symptoms, apply the entire Sick Tree Treatment. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021 Other North American woodpeckers that cache are downy, red-headed, hairy, Lewis, red-bellied, gila, golden-fronted and red-bellied sapsucker. Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020 Prior to Hercules' tenure at the airport, wildlife strikes have included at least two coyotes, two deer, three bats, three geese and a yellow bellied sapsucker. Rick Steelhammer, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2020 Other highlights included a prairie warbler, a common yellowthroat, a rusty blackbird, and 3 yellow-bellied sapsuckers in Wellfleet, and a vesper sparrow in Truro. BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020 Yep, those straight rows or columns of holes in the trunks and limbs of your tree are compliments of the pretty sapsucker woodpecker. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019 The holes are not caused by borers, but instead by woodpeckers or sapsuckers. Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 27 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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