Rayetta's Birds - The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), Class Aves

Here is depicted the CB’s y-b sapsucker, winter visitor, in the surviving cypress. The surviving cypress may not survive much longer unless it gets some irrigation. Crumby needs to irrigate that survivor lest it die like the other one died.

As everyone knows, Ray and me are orphans. Eventually we were rescued from our wandering orphan state and transformed into child laborers. Rarely, during our time as child laborers, we were allowed TV breaks. Those TV breaks were a special treat not only because TV was a fairly new media, but because Dr. Swineherd always picked out the best educational programs for us to watch.

Watching TV is how I first learned about ornithologists and the y-b sapsucker. The show was a comedy, featuring a professional photographer and his ornithologist assistant. Naturally, the ornithologist assistant was a tall, skinny lady with glasses, oddly dressed. But she was, when off from wage slavery at the photo studio, generally on the hunt for the elusive y-b sapsucker.

After we watched the show, Dr. Swineherd required Ray and me to explain what we learned. Ray went first. Ray explained that skinny old lady ornithologists seeking
y-b sapsuckers are a goofy hoot. That was the wrong explanation. That explanation cost Ray a month of popsickles.

I explained that I would like to go to the library and learn about the y-b sapsuckers and lady ornithologists. That was the correct explanation. I got Ray’s popsickles plus time off from child labor to go to the library. There is nothing quite like a good Druid education.