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Red-headed woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
34.6229, -93.5437
Field Notes
Description:
The adults are striking-looking woodpeckers with red heads and necks. Both sexes are alike. They have a white belly and rump, the back is black, and the wings are black and white.
Habitat:
Spotted at a park along the Ouachita River in Arkansas. Lots of deciduous trees.
Notes:
Fun fact from The Cornell Lab "All About Birds" that I thought was interesting: The Red-headed Woodpecker is one of only four North American woodpeckers known to store food, and it is the only one known to cover the stored food with wood or bark. It hides insects and seeds in cracks in wood, under bark, in fenceposts, and under roof shingles. Grasshoppers are regularly stored alive, but wedged into crevices so tightly that they cannot escape.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 28, 2022
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