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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Photo by janis
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized woodpecker, with black-and-white barring on back, pale unmarked chest. This bird has a red nape and red around top base of bill, and a gray-ish forehead, which means this is a female.

Habitat:

Feeding on poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) berries in a tree, on margin between field and woods.

Reference Links:

Red-bellied woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornith…

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