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Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Description:

Normally the woodpecker is in the backyard, on the dead tree. But today, this one was hunting what I imagine are bugs on the dormant Japanese Cherry Tree.

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

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Comments (2)
Atul
nicely captured pic !!

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Backyard Birding Southeastern USA
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011

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