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Art of Sapsucking [SECOND WEEK 



dying trees, slays them all without mercy or distinction. 

 The sapsucker is never as confiding as the downy, and 

 from a safe distance sees others murdered for sins which 

 are his alone. 



But we must give sapsucker his due and admit that 

 he devours many hundreds of insects throughout the year, 

 and though we mourn the death of an occasional tree, we 

 cannot but admire his new venture in life, his cunning 

 in choosing only the dessert served at the woodpeckers' 

 feasts, the sweets which flow at the tap of a beak, 

 leaving to his fellows the labour of searching and drilling 

 deep for more substantial courses. 



