October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
April 25, 2013
Time to Give Sapsuckers a Better Name!
My latest column for The Record is championing the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, who got the raw end of the deal when it comes to names.
The link is here.
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Excellent idea, Ruth!
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Wright’s Woodpecker, like in old days when birds were given the name of the person who discovered them.
Not that you discovered the bird Jim, but you surely discovered how silly its name currently is. -
Ok I can’t resist–last one!…(stealing a bit from Don)…Norton’s Sap-swiller
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ok one more…White-sided Tree-creeper
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Red-throated Wood-creeper
Red and Yellow Tree-haunter -
A Black-and-White Sap-Swiller
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Jim Wright
Excellent idea, Ruth!
Ruth Friedkin
Wright’s Woodpecker, like in old days when birds were given the name of the person who discovered them.
Not that you discovered the bird Jim, but you surely discovered how silly its name currently is.
RF
Ok I can’t resist–last one!…(stealing a bit from Don)…Norton’s Sap-swiller
RF
ok one more…White-sided Tree-creeper
RF
Red-throated Wood-creeper
Red and Yellow Tree-haunter
Don
A Black-and-White Sap-Swiller