Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
(L 9.25" WS 17" WT 2.5 oz)
Oak Park
yardbird
30Apr2013
Weinberg‘s Second Law: If builders built
buildings the way programmers wrote
programs, then the first woodpecker that
came along would destroy civilization.
buildings the way programmers wrote
programs, then the first woodpecker that
came along would destroy civilization.
(Law of Life and Nature )
Bemis Woods
05Jul2008
Strikingly tri-colored with a
black non-striated back
(compare to Red-bellied Wdpckr).
black non-striated back
(compare to Red-bellied Wdpckr).
Illinois Beach St Pk
Zion
14Sept2010
juvenile
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Melanerpes in Greek means
black creeper; erythrocephalus
in Greek means red-headed.
black creeper; erythrocephalus
in Greek means red-headed.
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