Last week I came across a new area where Redheaded Woodpeckers were foraging and nesting. There were hundreds of debarked trees; old elms, sycamores, cottonwoods, hackberries, persimmons, and oaks. I noticed one redheaded woodpecker and then a dozen more sharing the same area. One pair was nesting only 4-5 feet above ground; the rest 20-35 feet up. That was the lowest RH Woodpecker nesting I have ever seen. It was dark and raining so I could not use a good setting to “stop” action, so a may photos are not clear or just OOF. Not happy with the photos. There are a lot of photos; no sun until late afternoon:
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I found a new Redheaded Woodpecker forage and nesting area
Posted in Wild Birds, wildbirds, tagged araknsas, area, Boston Mountains, creek bottomland, forage, nesting, red headed, Redheaded woodpecker, woodpecker on June 5, 2015| 1 Comment »
A surprise at the Mulberry Tree
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas, eating berries, headed woodpecker, mulberry tree Boston Mountains, red, Redheaded woodpecker, woodpecker on May 19, 2015| 1 Comment »
Male Pileated Woodpecker looking for ants and termites
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, February, Little Buffalo River, parthenon, pileated, pileated woodpecker, woodpecker on February 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Pileated Woodpecker in the winter
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, elongated roles, parthenon, pileated, pileated woodpecker, Wild Cherry tree, woodpecker on December 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite photos ! Shows a Mid-December Pileated Woodpecker and two holes he dug (both typical elongated Pileated Woodpecker holes). Taken last Sunday morning.
Red Headed Woodpecker packing away whole acorns
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged acorns, Arkansas, headed, parthenon, red, red headed woodpecker, woodpecker on December 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Red headed Woodpecker against a fall backdrop
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged against and autumn backdrop, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, red headed, red headed woodpecker, red-hraded, woodpecker on October 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A beautiful and colder morning again finds this Red-headed Woodpecker in Murray Valley against a backdrop of sycamore trees:
A rare closeup glimpse of a Juvenile Red headed Woodpecker – 10/9/14
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, first autumn molt, gray head, molt, parthenon, red headed, woodpecker on October 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Until the become adults, Red-headed woodpeckers sport a gray head. Babies are born gray headed. During the first fall, they begin a molt that leaves them completely red headed. This bird is in the in-between stage and I think has a slightly shorter tail that a mature bird:
Got very close to a Red-headed woodpecker yesterday
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged acorns, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, caching, parthenon, red headed, redheaded, woodpecker on October 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
This guy was calling and caching acorns yesterday; very intent on his work; so intent that I was allowed to approach the tree:
My lLocal acorn lover – A pair of Red-bellied woodpeckers
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged acorns, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, cache, jam in holes, nuts, parthenon, red-bellied woodpeckers, woodpecker on September 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
This is the male of a pair of acorn savers stocking up for the coming winter. The tirelessly jam these nuts in about a dozen different trees, so deep, they are hard to retrieve. Come December they will go to their cache:
more …… Red-headed Woodpeckers nesting
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged aquatic insects, Arkansas, forage grounds, little buffalo, Little Buffalo River, parthenon, red headed, redheaded, river, woodpecker on June 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I found this pair with 2 nestlings from the car window this morning, over near the Little Buffalo River. They were busy feeding wasps and aquatic insects to the babies. In the final photo, you have to look up and right to see the nest hole and the nestling. This may be the 2nd brood; not sure ??