is a jolly gentleman who brings jugs of maple syrup to his neighbors in exchange for allowing him to tap their glorious sugar maple trees that line Central Street near his home. Hopper ...

Learning about the art of maple sugaring, when the sap from trees is collected to make syrup while on a hike ... shows participants photo of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker woodpecker that taps ...

There, pails already hang beneath spiles in the trunks that have started dripping ... tree sap for maple syrup a month or more earlier than they normally would. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

So like it or not, maple syrup season is happening. Get your trees tapped, because they're dripping like crazy right now," said Petrella. Barkhausen tapped their trees on Feb. 2. Normally they don ...