Birds Identified: Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Red-bellied Woodpecker has these characteristics:
- Hopping or climbing
- About same size as robin
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Mostly black and white, or other dark color and white
- Red present
- Cross barring
- Underparts plain
- Bold markings present (patches or blotches of black, white, or color)
- Crown patch
- Wing bands or bars
- North summer (June through August)
- South summer (June through August)
- South winter (November through February)
- Wood habitat
- Field habitat
- Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Bounding flight
- Short forays (flies out from perch and returns)
- Rasping harsh calls
- Smooth, clear calls (can be imitated by human singing voice or whistling)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org