Of all the birds enjoying our fruit-laden cherry tree right now, the most surprising is a pair of YB Sapsuckers. I have seen them flying away with one cherry held in the beak; how they actually eat it I'm not sure. This morning the female hopped around me, scolding while holding a fat ripe cherry in her mouth. Maybe she meant to feed it to some young?
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