Red-breasted sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber
  Migratory
status of the Red-breasted sapsucker
The Red-breasted sapsucker moves south and
down hill in winter in search of better food sources and warmer
climates.
How to attract the Red-breasted sapsucker to
your garden
The Red -breasted sap suckers prefers to drill
sap wells in riparian species such as those in the willow
and birch
families. They also like other deciduous trees like orchard crops
The only times we have ever had serious wood pecker damage to our
fruit trees (we have around 100 trees interspersed throughout the
nursery) was when we forgot to paint them. When the trunk gets
sunburned it begins to bleed sap. The sapsuckers comes to eat sap
and insects and peck more holes eventually girdling the trees.
Range of the Red-breasted sapsucker
  The
Red-breasted sapsucker is a resident in northern California
during the winter many birds will move south all the away into
southern California. They will also move down from the higher
elevations in the Sierra Nevadas.
Diet of the Red-breasted sapsucker
Sapsuckers peck holes into trees to produce
sap wells. They eat this nutritious syrup as well as the insects
that are attracted to it. The Red-breasted sapsucker also eats
the cambium of the tree. Like many woodpeckers, the Red-breasted
sapsucker loves ants.
Habitat/plant Community used by the
Red-breasted sapsucker
The Red-breasted sapsuckers prefers to drill
sap wells in riparian species such as those in the willow and
birch families. They also like other deciduous trees like orchard
crops. The only time we have ever had serious woodpecker damage
to our fruit trees, (we have around 100 trees interspersed
throughout the nursery), was when we forgot to paint them. When
the trunk gets sunburned, it begins to bleed sap. The sapsuckers
come to eat sap and insects and peck more holes eventually
girdling the trees.
 Closed
Cone Pine Forest
Lodgepole
Pine Forest
Central
Oak Woodland
Yellow
Pine Forest
Northern
Oak Woodland
Southern
Oak Woodland
Mixed
Evergreen Forest
Riparian
Red
Fir forest
 Reproduction
of the Red-breasted sapsucker
The Red-breasted sapsucker prefers to nest in
coniferous or riparian habitats bordering moist open areas such
as meadow and streams.
The Red-breasted sapsucker will hybridize with
the Red-naped sapsucker making identification difficult.
Niche filled by the Red-breasted sapsucker
The Red-breasted sapsucker uses forests
bordering riparian areas.
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