Red-Breasted Sapsucker Feeding on Wasp, Snohomish County, Washington

A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses to feed on a wasp that was attracted to the sap oozing from the holes it drilled in an elm tree in Snohomish County, Washington. Sapsuckers drill rows of neat wells in tree bark to collect sap, though they also feed on insects and berries. Other birds, especially hummingbirds, and insects are also drawn to the sap wells.