Sphyrapicus nuchalis ORDER: PICIFORMES FAMILY: PICIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Lois Manowitz
The Red-naped Sapsucker is a woodpecker of the lower elevations of the Rocky Mountains. It prefers to make sap wells in willow trees, but will use a variety of tree species.
Call a harsh mewing "waah." Drumming a distinctive slow irregular tapping, easily imitated by tapping on a tree with a stick.