Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 382
r him. The sapsucker soon leftthat tree for another one near by, and the hum-ming-bird at once darted to the vacated spot andprobed the holes with his long bill, just as hewould a flower, doubtless getting a drink of thesweet sap, and, perhaps, small insects. Then thehummer darted to the tree where… … THE SAPSUCKER AND THE HUMMING-BIRD. probed by the hummer, and the sapsucker againsought. This was repeated over and over again.The humming-bird had discovered that thiswoodpecker always left little holes filled with sapbehind him, and he was profiting by the dis-covery.—Edmund J. Sawyer. A NATURAL…
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