This is the second of the two Picoides woodpeckers found in North America with the American Three-toed Woodpecker being the other. Both species can be found across the boreal forests of Canada, the northeastern US and also in some areas of the western United States as well as some of the Great Lakes. In the areas where they overlap, the Black-backed is probably the more aggressive of the two and will usually force their other three-toed brethren out. Both species specialize in eating boring beetles that usually infect conifers that have been impacted by fires or floods. I saw this one at high elevation in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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