Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

 (L 9.25" WS 17" WT 2.5 oz)

Strikingly tri-colored with a black
non-striated back (compare to
Red-bellied Wdpckr).

juvenile

Don Jones, XC16630

Oak Park, IL

our back yard

4May08

Weinberg‘s Second Law: If build-
ers built buildings the way pro-
grammers wrote programs, then
the first woodpecker that came
along would destroy civilization.

      (Law of Life and Nature )

Bemis Woods, IL

05Jul08

Illinois Beach St Pk

Lyon, IL

14Sept10