Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the side of a large tree. The view is through several smaller branches from a different tree.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Shoreline Road, Fort Worth, TX, February 12, 2022
Canon EOS 5Ds R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-6400; f/6.3; 1/2000 sec.

This page is for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). My first photographic evidence occurred on February 12, 2022 at the Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX. I was in a small grove of trees with other similar species (Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and Downy Woodpecker) and I thought this was another Downy Woodpecker that I could see through a narrow opening in the branches of a nearby tree. I was surprised when I was looking through the photos back home and realized it was a new species for me.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the side of a tree.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pawnee SRA, NE March 14, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the side of a tree.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pawnee SRA, NE March 14, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the side of a tree.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pawnee SRA, NE March 14, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/1600 sec.