Rondeau Ric

In the yard, Rondeau Provincial Park, Oct 13, 2022. A regular visitor along with the downy, red-belly and flickers. Dryobates villosus Hairy Woodpeckers sometimes drink sap leaking from wells in the bark made by sapsuckers. They’ve also been seen pecking into sugar cane to drink the sugary juice. source - allaboutbirds-org.

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, July 13, 2020. Dryobates villosus Hairy Woodpeckers sometimes follow Pileated Woodpeckers, and sometimes appear when it hears the heavy sounds of a pileated excavating. As the pileated moves on, the Hairy Woodpecker investigates the deep holes, taking insects the pileated missed. The oldest recorded Hairy Woodpecker was a male, and at least 15 years, 11 months source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hairy_Woodpecker