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The 300-acre Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary contains more than 5 miles of trails winding around Sapsucker Pond, on boardwalks, through wetlands and forest. More than 230 species of birds have been recorded in the sanctuary. [5] Approximately 55,000 people visit the sanctuary and public areas of the Cornell Lab each year. [6]
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226-acre Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary, part of the Ithaca Discovery Trail, natural history, observation and conservation of birds Cranberry Lake Preserve: White Plains: Westchester: Lower Hudson: 190 acres, operated by the County Croton Point Nature Center: Croton-on-Hudson: Westchester: Lower Hudson: 508 acres, operated by the County Crotona Park ...
Intensive feeding by sapsuckers is a cause of severe tree damage and mortality, with certain tree species more adversely affected by feeding than others. A USDA Forest Service study found that 67 percent of gray birch ( Betula populifolia ) trees damaged by yellow-bellied sapsuckers later died of their injuries. [ 7 ]
The name of Macaulay Library honors Linda and William (Bill) Macaulay, who donated a significant campaign contribution to fund the new facility (2003) of the library at Sapsucker Woods. [3] Linda Macaulay added also nearly 6,000 individual birdsong recordings of over 2,600 species.
A sapsucker's tongue is adapted with stiff hairs for collecting sap. Red-breasted sapsuckers visit the same tree multiple times, drilling holes in neat horizontal rows. A bird will leave and come back later, when the sap has started flowing from the holes. Repeated visits over an extended period of time can actually kill the tree. [9]
Imogene Powers Johnson (September 3, 1930 – March 3, 2018) was the widow of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr., who was CEO of S. C. Johnson & Son of Racine, Wisconsin.She was the heir to the cleaning product company SC Johnson, and a billionaire.
In the nineteenth century, the males and females of this sapsucker were believed to be separate species. The female was first described 1852 as Picus thyroideus, and the male was described in 1857 (Newberry) as Picus williamsonii. Baird appropriated the name Sphyrapicus as the genus for both in 1858. In 1873 Henry Henshaw clarified this matter ...