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Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Nest in Progress)

Melanerpes carolinus

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Description:

This is the male, working all the time this week and month really, on this nest. He can get completely inside the hole now.

Habitat:

dead tree in a cavity he dug out himself.

Reference Links:

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

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PublishedJanuary 18, 2012

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