A pair of Red-breasted Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus ruber) was observed nesting in an electric distribution, creosote-treated, wood utility pole in the Willamette Valley, Oregon during spring 2006. To the author's knowledge, this is the first published account of a sapsucker nesting in a utility pole.
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1 March 2007
Red-breasted Sapsuckers Nest in Utility Pole
Steven R. Helm
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The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Vol. 119 • No. 1
March 2007
Vol. 119 • No. 1
March 2007