Woodpeckers
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I finally was able to photograph my first red headed woodpecker while hiking up in the woods, love the sounds these beautiful birds make.
Similar to the hairy woodpecker, the Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is much smaller, attaining a size of only about 6 inches. This allows the acrobatic little bird to reach insects that woodpecker cousins--stymied by their weight--cannot reach on the ends of twigs and branches. Interestingly, gentlemen and lady downy woodpeckers divide and conquer feeding dives. While gentlemen frequent outlying twigs and weed stems, ladies stick to the comfort of thicker tree trunks branches!
Downy Woodpeckers are fairly small (6 inch length; 15cm) woodpeckers that stay with us during the winter months. Males are distinguished by the red spot on his head, which is lacking in females.
Explored 4/14/2022 (#489)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is an incredibly striking bird: adults have brilliant crimson head, black back, large white wing patches, and white belly. These large patches of solid color are unlike other woodpeckers with more intricate patterns. Immatures have brownish heads.
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All male and female pileated woodpeckers have a striking red crest. However, as you can see here, the red on the crest of the female stops short of her forecrown. On a male, the red coloration extends all the way down to its large beak. Also, the female has a gray cheek stripe whereas the male has a red cheek stripe. Whether male or female, these large woodpeckers always brighten up a wintry day.
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker that is not well named; rarely is the slight red wash on the belly visible! Instead, note the black-and-white barring on the back and wings, plain buffy breast and face, and red nape. On adult males, look for the red extending onto the crown. In flight, look for the white rump.
Pileated woodpecker. A lifer for me
Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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The red-bellied woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Melanerpes carolinus
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Great spotted woodpecker (m) - Dendrocopos major
Late sunny afternoon at Tittesworth Reservoir, Staffordshire and watching a selection of smaller birds by the reservoir when this lovely Great spotted woodpecker (m) flew in to feed on the peanuts. He tucked his head inside and feasted on the peanuts...evidence on his beak!
Walking back to our car and hubby spotted a Kestrel sitting on the telegraph wires, so 'snapped' that too :))
15. Nuts - theme for 116 pictures in 2016 group.
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Pileated woodpecker. Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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A pair of Downy woodpeckers (male has the red spot) get into a little frisky conversation! I'll let nature bring us a cheerful smile this week - Happy Smile on Saturday!
La Ceja; Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Colaptes rubiginosus
(Golden-olive woodpecker / Carpintero verdidorado)
The golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south and east to Guyana, northwest Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus. The scientific name rubiginosus means "full of rust", describing the color of the bird's wings and back.
The habitat of this woodpecker is forests, more open woodland, and cultivation. It is most common in the mountains. Due to its habitat—mainly montane forest, separated by large rivers—it has evolved into about 20 subspecies. Andean birds show a pale eyering.
Golden-olive woodpeckers mainly eat insects, including ants and beetle larvae, with some fruit and berries.
A Gila Woodpecker on a saguaro flower. I took this photo at Agua Caliente park east of Tucson Arizona USA
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopus Major
The great spotted woodpecker occurs in all types of woodlands and is catholic in its diet, being capable of extracting seeds from pine cones, insect larvae from inside trees or eggs and chicks of other birds from their nests. It breeds in holes excavated in living or dead trees, unlined apart from wood chips. The typical clutch is four to six glossy white eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs, feed the chicks and keep the nest clean. When the young fledge they are fed by the adults for about ten days, each parent taking responsibility for feeding part of the brood.
The great spotted woodpecker occurs in Eurasia from the British Isles to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, and it is absent only from those areas too cold or dry to have suitable woodland habitat. It is found in a wide variety of woodlands, broadleaf, coniferous or mixed, and in modified habitats like parks, gardens and olive groves. It occurs from sea-level to the tree line, up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in Europe, 2,200 m (7,200 ft) in Morocco and 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in Central Asia.
The great spotted woodpecker became extinct in the island of Ireland in the seventeenth century, due to deforestation, but the island was naturally recolonised by this species, with the first proven nesting in County Down in 2007. Its expansion in range is continuing, with breeding proven or suspected in at least 10 counties by 2013, with the main concentration in Down and County Wicklow. Genetic evidence shows the birds to be of British, rather than Scandinavian, ancestry, with the populations in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic having separate origins. The great spotted woodpecker was also found to have been nesting in the Isle of Man from 2009.
Population:
UK breeding:
140,000 pairs
La Ceja, Colombia; 2300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula
(Acorn Woodpecker / Carpintero careto)
The Acorn Woodpecker is a common, conspicuous inhabitant of foothill and montane woodlands from northwestern Oregon, California, the American Southwest, and western Mexico through the highlands of Central America to the northern Andes in Colombia.
Subspecies Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula is found in the Colombian Andes.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
La Ceja, Colombia; 2300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula
(Acorn Woodpecker / Carpintero careto)
The Acorn Woodpecker is a common, conspicuous inhabitant of foothill and montane woodlands from northwestern Oregon, California, the American Southwest, and western Mexico through the highlands of Central America to the northern Andes in Colombia.
Subspecies Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula is found in the Colombian Andes.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...
Wikipedia: The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America. Its breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the east-central United States. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species, having been down-listed from near threatened in 2018.
The red-headed woodpecker is omnivorous, eating insects, seeds, fruits, berries, nuts, and occasionally small rodents―even the eggs of other birds. About two-thirds of its diet consists of plants. Red-headed woodpeckers keep food caches. This behavior is only seen in three other species of woodpeckers: the acorn woodpecker, the downy woodpecker, and the red-bellied woodpecker. They have been known to stuff food in tree cavities, crevices, and under tree bark. This keeps them well fed throughout the year.
Conservation status: Least Concern
White-spotted Woodpecker (Veniliornis spilogaster) is distributed in south-east Brazil, south-east Paraguay, north-east Argentina and Uruguay. It is found in a variety of forest and woodland habitats. Size, about 20cm. and weight 35 to 45 gr. It is spotted mainly on the breast while the upperparts and belly have a more barred appearance. The male has narrow dark red streaks on the crown which are missing on the female.
San Pablo. Brazil.