Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

From Necedah National Wildlife Refuge:

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What is that bird? Many of our visitors look at the rangers a little funny when we tell them it is a red-bellied woodpecker. They are beautiful to watch. A quick give away that a bird is truly a woodpecker is their undulating flight pattern. This means they flap in bursts, then tuck their wings with a slight dip to their flight path. 

Photo: Red-bellied Woodpecker courtesy of Andrea Janda/creative commons https://flic.kr/p/5LJyyp




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