By James Mackenzie
Special to Black Press
During this recent cold snap, a beautiful red-breasted sapsucker spent the week at the base of a Douglas Fir tree in our backyard.
Birds move, and not always in the ways we expect them to. We are all likely familiar with the classic north-south migration many waterfowl and songbirds undergo every year, but other members of our avian community have different migratory strategies.
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