Red-breasted Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus ruber)
Photographed in Sammamish, Washington, by Jim Rosso.	Notice the row of holes that are typical of a feeding sapsucker. In the picture on the right, the bird is picking Mountain Ash berries that it will store in a crevice in the tree.
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Other members of the genus Sphyrapicus: Williamson's Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker