Red-breasted Sapsucker

My second encounter with a Red-breasted Sapsucker! Here we can get a good look at some of the holes it’s drilled into the bark, which it will return to periodically, to feed on the sap that oozes out as well as any bugs attracted by that same sap

   10 February 2023
   Vancouver
   ILCE-7M3
   1/160s    f/8   399mm   ISO 2500
Red-breasted Sapsucker on a tree