Ann, oh my dear girl!!! How did I know that you would be the first to respond to my post. Yep, yep, that is a good and wonderful thing. I looked at the site and not question of a doubt that is the bird. I have not seen this bird before on my property, been here 18 years. Not a doubt in my mind that it is indigenous to my locale, but just have never seen it. I see the pileated woodpecks all the time drumming on a particularly favourite tree near to my house, it is a huge and massively tall alder, bordering my property with the neighbours, and they drum on the livestock fence too. But I haven't seen the Red-Breasted Sapsucker before. Maybe I just haven't had something in my yard that he wanted to drum on, until my lazy Husband (oops, did I say that), left the extension ladder up on the side of the house too long. I know that he took it down yesterday, bad boy, he did leave it up there a little bit long for my liking. But if he didn't, I wouldn't have seen this beauty of a bird, it was a lovely site, and I am tempted to put the ladder up the side of his garage now, hee, hee, that would give me a better view. But we will be gone for a week and I am sure that this little dude will be off to find another hunk of metal to drum on. Have a beautiful and great day, groovin' on our groovy life. Cindi