It’s not easy for a Red-headed Woodpecker to hide. Even at fifty feet high in a tree he’s
easily spotted, but this one wasn’t trying to hide anyway. Black, white and
brilliantly red headed, he’s impressive from all angles.
This bird was one of four Red-headed Woodpeckers hanging
around a grove of trees in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Actually I can’t say how many different
birds I have here. Four Red-headed
Woodpeckers darted in and out of the area, chasing one another through the
trees, disappearing, only to return again.
I posted a Red-headed Woodpecker just last month. The first Red-headed Woodpecker I ever
saw in my life was in South Carolina.
Maybe two woodpecker tales in two months is too much, but I think they
are exceptional birds and worthy of notice, wherever they show up.
The closest this one came to hiding from me was to move to the
back of the tree, but being curious, he’d reappear from the other side rather
quickly.
The fact there was four of them in a small area would
indicate they were probably passing through…migrating north. Most anyplace east of the Rocky
Mountains is home to Red-headed Woodpeckers, so finding one shouldn’t have been
that hard for me all these years, but it has been.
Allan
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