Red-breasted sapsucker

Description:

Adults have a red head and upper chest also they have a white lower belly and rump. They are black on the back and wings with bars and a white wing patch.

Habitat:

Spotted on a maple tree in a mixed forest near Mill creek, WA. Red-breasted sapsuckers breed from southeast Alaska and British Columbia south through the Pacific Coast Ranges of western Washington and Oregon and northern California. The breeding habitat is usually forest that includes pine, hemlock, Douglas-fir, fir, and spruce, though they are known to use other woodland habitats.