Feathered Friday: Woodpeckers
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My feathered friend today is the woodpecker. The rhythmic tell-tale tapping on the tree bark gave away their location and I was able to get some photos.
The male Downey Woodpecker has the red patch on his head.
The male and female are similar with the female having a black patch on her head. Like all woodpeckers they use their stiff tails to help balance.
Downeys are the smallest of the woodpeckers.
I often hearing their drumming in the forest behind the house as they peck the trees for insects. These birds can be found in the forest, a park on any woodland. Like the loss of other birds, I have seen a sharp decline in their numbers.
The Yellow Bellied Sapsucker is a woodpecker. He likes to dig under the bark for the sap and insects. I often hear him drumming away when I’m walking outside.
This is a tree I saw in the forest. I suspect was pecked in this design by the yellow bellied sapsucker as he searched for sap under the bark.
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6
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Beautiful woodpecker photos! They seem to be very active in your area.
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You truly have some great artists up there! :)
I just love the pattern that he made on the tree and talk about a busy little bee! You really captured such nice shots and nature and birds are not that easy for me, for some reason. Perhaps, I am not patient enough.
But, you have a great eye and that autumn shot is exquisite!!!
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Thanks Denise and for your generous tip. I’m happy you like the shots. The woodpeckers are quite elusive and will move around the tree when you try to photograph them. ♥️
Great photos! That design on the tree is quite incredible. That sapsucker is an artist! Thanks for posting to #featheredfriday. ❤️
Welcome Melinda @melinda010100. I’m happy you like the photos. 💕
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Wow you have them
I want a woodpecker here too hahahaha love the red and the fact they always are so busy !
Great feed
Thanks @brittandjosie. They are interesting busy birds. 😊 💕
They are just a amazing working bird they are i love them 👍
Thanks @hangin. I love seeing them but they are hard to photograph unless you hear the drumming.
This is true you got lucky with this one 👍
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I have red-bellied woodpeckers at my house, and they also have red heads. They eat seeds from my bird feeder, and of course all of their names are "Woody." :D
I haven’t seen the red-bellied here . These ones never come near any food I put out, even bird seed. Woody seems an appropriate name 😂.
Beautiful post. Woodpeckers are quite unique birds. I liked the photo of the "marked" bark. Interesting design :)
Thanks @hlezama! The sapsucker is quite the artist. 😆
Wow, nice look and activity of woodpeckers photography.
Thanks @kamrunnahar! 😊