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Sphyrapicus ruber
A medium sized woodpecker with a red head and upper breast. The lower breast is white and the back is black with white bars and a large white wing patch.
Spotted at the North Lake access in a wetland habitat next to the lake. Lots of dead or nearly dead deciduous trees. 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.
Spotted on May 1, 2018
Submitted on May 6, 2018
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