Red-bellied

Red-bellied woodpeckers, however, make only cameo appearances.

Lance Mannion: 2010

Red-bellied woodpeckers, however, make only cameo appearances.

Boids 2010

A Red-headed Woodpecker with a territory 50 yards from a suet feeder in a Kanawha County backyard defended the feeder against individuals of 5 other species of woodpeckers Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, May-June 1969.

Red-headed Woodpecker is Special in West Virginia John L. Trapp 2006

I looked again and, sure enough, there was a drab-colored bird clinging to the right-hand side of the trunk, a female Red-bellied Woodpecker which an instant later flew from the scene.

Woodpecker Encounter John L. Trapp 2006

Making a slow turn to the right at the intersection, I soon spotted the red-capped head of a bird peering from a cavity in the side of the tree—the Red-bellied male.

Woodpecker Encounter John L. Trapp 2006

This is, I believe, my first discovery of an active nest of a Red-bellied Woodpecker for descriptions and illustrations of this common species, click here, here, and here.

Woodpecker Encounter John L. Trapp 2006

When I first saw this Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) and a group of turtles (they appear to be Northern Red-bellied Cooters, Pseudemys rubriventris) together at a local lake last weekend, my immediate reaction was to grab the camera, hide behind a tree and take some shots.

Archive 2006-01-01 AYDIN 2006

Honorable-mention recognition goes to the second tier of ten species listed in declining frequency of occurrence, from 537 to 253: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, European Starling, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, American Robin, White-throated Sparrow, and Hairy Woodpecker.

BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2003

Honorable-mention recognition goes to the second tier of ten species listed in declining frequency of occurrence, from 537 to 253: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, European Starling, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, American Robin, White-throated Sparrow, and Hairy Woodpecker.

Archive 2003-03-01 John L. Trapp 2003

Red-bellied Woodpecker 17 - 1 calling from the "woodpecker tree" on 4/20

Archive 2002-04-01 John L. Trapp 2002