On a sad note, while taking these pictures, I found a dead male Red-bellied Woodpecker laying on the ground under a utility pole. It looked to have been electrocuted. Tweet
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
A day of woodpeckers
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I spotted this Red-headed Woodpecker down the street from the house yesterday. This is only the third time I have ever seen this bird from the yard. The bird was far away and very skittish. It was also raining when I took these bad pictures.
On a sad note, while taking these pictures, I found a dead male Red-bellied Woodpecker laying on the ground under a utility pole. It looked to have been electrocuted. Tweet
On a sad note, while taking these pictures, I found a dead male Red-bellied Woodpecker laying on the ground under a utility pole. It looked to have been electrocuted. Tweet
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Cor, he has got a fat bellie?
ReplyDeleteI saw my first red-headed woodpecker this year; the red head is beautiful! Sorry about the dead bird; I recently removed a dead sparrow from our yard, I know that seeing any bird dead is a sad moment for a birder.
ReplyDeleteHi Donald
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog, and just had a look through yours (some nice stuff there)its good to see some of the wildlife from that side of the pond. Also I like the way you do things to get youngsters interested in wildlife.which I feel is important.
Like it I will be back.
Hello Donald,
ReplyDeletethanks for visiting my blog. Yours is very interesting too. Precious the red-headed woodpecker, here not so.
greetings from Spain!
My english is a translator, sorry!
Great looking birds. I was watching The Life of Birds yesterday which has a great little section on how these guys have different ways to gather nectar and store acorns.
ReplyDelete....great catch! I would love to have a Red-headed Woodpecker around my house. I've only seen one this year, and that was in South Carolina! I hope you continue to get visits from him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting Wings Among Us. You have a great blog.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work.
Best regards,
madi
Woodpeckers and sapsuckers are an interesting lot. We now have a Downy and several flickers visiting our yard. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHi Donald
ReplyDeleteThanks for following my own blogs. The Red Headed Woodpecker is a lovely bird, we do not get them here in the UK.
Love the blog will keep visiting now.
I love the redheaded woodie, one of my favorites. Great photos and sighting.
ReplyDeletehi Donald
ReplyDeletegreat blog.
regards from Spain
Dear Donald,
ReplyDeleteMy mom and I found your blog. We have woodpeckers in our neighborhood. Tell us, is the picture at the top of your blog a picture of you holding a red shouldered hawk? That's what I think it is! Blue Jays copycat call the red shouldered hawk, and we hear it in our neighborhood a lot.
From Arden who likes to watch birds
Hi, Arden: Yes, the bird that I am holding in the picture is a Red-shouldered Hawk.
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