Right now is a really good time to find Woodpecker nests, especially Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and Northern Flickers. When you’re walking in the woods, keep an ear out for baby Woodpecker chatter. Baby Woodpeckers, for some unknown reason, keep up a constant chatter when they are still in the nest. Once you hear it, just keep searching for a likely tree that has a few holes drilled in it. Then patiently wait for the parents to show - which shouldn’t be too long - as the parents know they have hungry chicks to feed.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker nest hole
Sapsucker entering nest
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, male
Before they would leave the nest, the adult bird would check to see if the coast was clear. They would look left, right, and overhead before flying out of the hole.
Sapsucker with fecal sac
female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker