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Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Photo by luv2tat
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33.8875, -78.5064

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EOL: Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker - Whatbird.com

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Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

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Comments (4)
1Sarah2
I have updated this spotting with additional ID information. If you have trouble finding such information in the future or have trouble updating other spottings, please let me know. Congratulations on this spotting!
alicelongmartin
Definetly a Red-headed Woodpecker. You are lucky. Thanks for the story also.
luv2tat
Thank you. We had a dead tree that I would not let anyone but God take down that housed many generations of these woodpeckers. Finally if cracked 6' up and when I thought babies were gone the tree was taken down. Found flying squirrels in it. Saved tree, squirrels moved on :o(
abcoblentz
That looks like a red-headed woodpecker. Welcome to Project Noah!
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PublishedMay 20, 2011

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