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Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

They have a solid red head, white belly, and black and white back.

Habitat:

They are found in central and eastern North America. This guy was flying from tree to tree in an oak dominated forest.

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Red-headed Woodpecker

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Comments (2)
Groundwork - VA
Wow - this is a very nice catch. I had (mistakenly) thought this species had gone extinct - but that was the Ivory-billed woodpecker. We have 5 spp. showing up ongrounds here in NoVa. I wish this were one of them!

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PublishedApril 16, 2013

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