It's a woodpecker with the almost pejorative name of yellow-bellied sapsucker.
From the chron.com
An arborist said this was the work of the yellow-bellied sapsucker and advised against removing the trees.
From the washingtonpost.com
A pile of feathers in this yard indicated a yellow-bellied sapsucker had been a meal for some avian or mammalian predator.
From the charlotteobserver.com
On our walk, Dewire pointed out 300-year-old live oak trees, a variety of laurels and a massive felled trunk that a yellow-bellied sapsucker had left looking like a cribbage board.