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.
      (Law of Life and Nature )
Bemis Woods
05Jul2008
Strikingly tri-colored with a
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.
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Society
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