Quickly maturing juvenile Redheaded Woodpecker

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Quickly maturing juvenile Redheaded Woodpecker

August 23, 2013 by buffalostevep

I went back to one of the locations where the Redheaded Woodpeckers were nesting last April and May; they are still there ! I saw one adult and one juvenile. The juveniles still have grey heads; but this one was molting fast to crimson red:

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