[MDOsprey] YB Sapsucker conducting extended drilling ops

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A striking male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has chosen my neighbor's willow tree 
as the spot for conducting extended drilling of his trademark rows of little 
holes.  I first saw him around 10:50AM this morning and he has remained 
continuously to the present (12:00PM).  He'd obviously been around 
previously, however, since there was already a neat row of holes formed when 
he arrived.  Fortunately this willow is immediately viewable from my deck and 
through my glass doors leading out to it.  In the four years that I've lived 
here just south of Anne Arundel Community College, I'd never seen a YBSA 
until this winter (and only once about a month ago), and certainly nothing to 
rival the extraordinarily lengthy looks I've been favored with this morning.

Leon Wilde
Arnold MD

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