Yellow-bellied SapSucker

This Yellow-bellied Sapsucker proceeded to leave its signature line of small drilled holes in one of our backyard trees.  The Sapsucker drills these holes to capture the sap and hopefully insects.  

As the red feathers do not appear to continue down it's throat this is most likely a male.  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker are the only woodpecker in eastern North America that are completely migratory.  They live mostly in Canada and northern part of the east coast and travel south each winter looking for moving sap in trees and warmer weather.

King William County, Virginia
Olympus OMD-EM1X with 300mm + MC-14