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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6



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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

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They are just a amazing working bird they are i love them 👍

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Thanks @hangin. I love seeing them but they are hard to photograph unless you hear the drumming.

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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

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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 😂.

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Beautiful post. Woodpeckers are quite unique birds. I liked the photo of the "marked" bark. Interesting design :)

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I love woodpeckers @redheadpei, I can sit and watch them for hours, but when they see me, they go to the other side of the tree so I can't see them. 😾

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That is so true @wonderwop. The woodpecker is difficult to catch on camera even when you know where they are tapping.

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I've never seen a real woodpecker in my life.
Only on tv because there isn't none in my country.
Would love to actually see one in real life

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So great to see your woodpecker Lady Jo.
Amazing how birds with the same names differ in other countries.
Blessings!

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Hi Sir Stephen. There are many different kinds of woodpeckers in Canada but these two are the only ones I’ve seen around the forest here on PEI.

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Well let's hope that some of the others will also pay a visit to your forest Lady Jo.
Blessings!

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So cool to see and hear those. The design on that tree is awesome too.

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Thanks for stopping by Zeke @zekepickleman! Glad you liked the design. It is quite amazing.
Have a lovely weekend. 😊

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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. ♥️ 🍂 🐦

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@redheadpei - great post for featheredfriday! I love to hear those woodpeckers working. And I really like your "signature" at the bottom of your post - beautiful and original!

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Thanks @blueeyes8960! Woodpeckers are delightful. Glad you like my signature post. It’s from a photo I took last autumn. 😊

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Great post and photos Jo!! It's not easy to catch the woodpeckers. At least not for me..lol. Sometimes I can hear them but I can't see them or they fly away too fast. I never knew that about how they use their tails for balance. Pretty cool find on the tree bark also. 🙂 💖

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Thanks Dee! They don’t seem to like to have their picture taken. There was one in the front yard this evening and as soon as I got close enough for a good photo, didn’t the little sly woodpecker keep moving to the other side of the tree. 💕 🐦

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You are welcome Jo! Lol..little sly woodpecker indeed! 😊

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That pattern on the bark is really really cool. Birds doing geometry and physics. O did not know their tails are stiff - more geometry and physics. Very nice post.

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Thanks @owasco! It seems the birds do not have what we call a bird brain s after all. 😆

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Very nice @redheadpei. Wonderful pictures. I remember when I found out that a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker was a real bird. I had thought it was a joke since I heard it in a cartoon.

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You must have a great variety of birds nearby! That's awesome!

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Thanks WW. Yes, with being surrounded by forest, there is always some kind of wildlife to be seen. 😊

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We don't have woodpeckers in Australia Redheadpei, but I heard them as I walked in Italy. We did not see them on our path but it was such a delight to hear them.

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Amazing shots of the woodpeckers. Interesting how the bark of the tree has benn pecked.
Today and tomorrow I am going to chase the wooodies in our park and hope to manage some shots.

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Howdy redheadpei! Wonderful photos of those guys! Love that pecking pattern too, very artistic.

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Beautiful woodpecker photos! They seem to be very active in your area.

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