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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

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41.9991, -87.7871

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Notes:

Against the gray sky and leafless trees, the red head of this woodpecker was startling. He was on the branch pictured, and drilling downward into it. There are many fallen trees along the stream that runs nearby.

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PublishedJanuary 4, 2012

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