Marie Read / Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) adult feeding on tree sap from shallow wells it has drilled in bark of Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifoius), Lee Vining Canyon, California, US...

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), British Columbia, Canada

Bob Steele / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Inyo County, California

Bob Steele / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Inyo County, California

Glenn Bartley / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) male, British Columbia, Canada

Glenn Bartley / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) male, British Columbia, Canada

Glenn Bartley / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), British Columbia, Canada

Marie Read / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), outside entrance to nest cavity in treetrunk, holding beakful of insects for young. Lee Vining Canyon, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, June.

Marie Read / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), clinging to Aspen trunk in spring, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) male on tree branch, Pend Oreille County, Washington, USA, May.