Red Bellied Woodpecker's certainly are very beautiful birds with their attractive, red, black white and grey colour combinations and lovely stripes @melinda010100 It's always a thrill seeing native birds in your back yard isn't it, especially with the inevitable spread of suburbia.
The population is significantly reduced from the numbers of birds that I would see just 10 years ago. There are some types of birds that I never see at all anymore. It makes me really sad.. I'm hopeful that it's just a cycle, but I'm worried.
I can see how you would be worried Melinda. Let's hope it is a cycle and they will return in big numbers. Fingers Crossed.