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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are a species that for some reason has often cooperated with my camera! My favorite photo is the one below, of a male returning to a nesting cavity. From May 21st, 2010 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4

June 16th, 2006

June 11th, 2006

July 1st, 2006

September 2nd, 2007

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota

Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota

Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota

Female clinging to tree trunk

Female clinging to tree trunk

Male clinging to tree trunk

First-year male still transitioning to adult plumage

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8 

June 13th, 2006 

June 13th, 2006 

June 16th, 2007

June 16th, 2006 

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota 

Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota 

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota 

Female 

Female 

Female 

Female 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 11 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 11 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12 

June 16th, 2006 

July 2nd, 2006 

June 5th, 2007

July 13th, 2008 

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota 

Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota 

Female 

Young first-year female 

Male at active sapsucker well 

Female 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 13 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 15 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 13 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 15 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16 

September 2nd, 2007 

July 20th, 2008 

July 20th, 2008 

July 20th, 2008 

Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota

Young first-year male 

Young female at sapsucker wells 

First-year bird at sapsucker wells 

Juvenile at sapsucker wells 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 19 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 20 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 19 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 20 

September 7th, 2007 

September 7th, 2007 

September 7th, 2007 

July 2009 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota

Adult male 

Adult male 

Female 

Adult Male 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 21 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 23 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 21 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 23 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24 

May 21st, 2010 

May 21st, 2010 

May 21st, 2010 

May 17th, 2011 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Male at entrance to nesting hole 

Male at entrance to nesting hole  

Adult male 

Unusual female sapsucker with completely black crown 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 25 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 26 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 27 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 28 - Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 25 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 26 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 27 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 28 

May 11th, 2011 

May 22nd, 2011 

May 17th, 2013 

May 15th, 2020 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Adult Male 

Adult female on lichen-covered tree trunk 

Adult Male 

Adult Male 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 29 - Sphyrapicus varius 

 

 

 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 29 

 

 

 

May 4th, 2011 

 

 

 

Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota  

 

 

 

Adult female on ground 

 

 

 

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