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Red-Bellied Woodpecker (female).

10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. Sexes similar except that male has red crown and nape while female has red nape only. Reddish patch on lower abdomen seldom visible in the field.

Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.

It breeds from South Dakota, Great Lakes and southern New England south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Northern most birds sometimes migrate south for the winter.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker
www.fws.gov/refuge/hagerman

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker
www.fws.gov/refuge/hagerman

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (female)

10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. The male and female are similar except that the male has a red crown and nape while the female has a red nape only. Their reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.

They range from South Dakota east through the Great Lakes and into southern New England and south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Although not a migratory bird, some of the northern most birds will sometimes migrate south for the winter.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker
www.fws.gov/refuge/hagerman

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (female)

10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. The male and female are similar except that the male has a red crown and nape while the female has a red nape only. Their reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.

They range from South Dakota east through the Great Lakes and into southern New England and south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Although not a migratory bird, some of the northern most birds will sometimes migrate south for the winter.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (female).

10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. The male and female are similar except that the male has a red crown and nape while the female has a red nape only. Their reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.

They range from South Dakota east through the Great Lakes and into southern New England and south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Although not a migratory bird, some of the northern most birds will sometimes migrate south for the winter.

Lensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Close-up crop of a red-bellied woodpecker. He was listening for a while with his head titled near the tree. Here he is listening with his mouth open and watching intently.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (female)

10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. The male and female are similar except that the male has a red crown and nape while the female has a red nape only. Their reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.

They range from South Dakota east through the Great Lakes and into southern New England and south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Although not a migratory bird, some of the northern most birds will sometimes migrate south for the winter.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Head on collision. RiverTown, St Johns, Florida

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker on a tail-prop suet feeder

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker on a seed log feeder

Melanerpes carolinus

Melanerpes carolinus

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Cross Plains State Park, Wisconsin

Woburn, MA

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (male).

10 inches in length. Barred black and white above, pale buff below and on face. The male and female are similar except that the male has a red crown and nape while the female has a red nape only. Their reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Its habitat includes open and swampy woodlands. It also comes into parks during migration and feeders in winter.

They range from South Dakota east through the Great Lakes and into southern New England and south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. Although not a migratory bird, some of the northern most birds will sometimes migrate south for the winter.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Minnesota River Valley