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Please  tell me if this is the female yellow bellied sapsucker or some other woodpecker.  All of my web sources and books have red on the head of the female yellow bellied sapsucker, but there is no red on this bird.  It looks a lot like the second bird shown, a male yellow bellied sapsucker, who has been a long-time resident of my yard (in the woods in Charleston, WV).   The new woodpecker first showed up in the snow today (March 17, 2007).