We were visiting in the living room yesterday when a bird flew into the plate glass window, then fluttered into the next window before taking a perch at window’s edge near the deck. Worried, we scrambled to see if it was okay. Hanging on the aluminum frame of the window was this Red-Breasted Sapsucker, a medium-sized woodpecker (identification by avid birder Dr. Robert Prins). According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Red-breasted Sapsucker “is of moderate conservation importance, primarily because of its limited range, low overall density, and association with mature forests of the Pacific Coast. The population in California appears to be declining, whereas those further north appear to be stable or increasing.” This guy perched for a few minutes gathering himself after the shock of his collision. I was lucky enough to get a single clear photo through the window before our cat scared him off.