An uncommon visitor to Brooklyn, this Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) has been hanging out in Green-Wood Cemetery this winter. This is a juvenile bird, on its way to getting the bright red head of an adult. The adult bird looks like a flag: red, black, & white. 
Red-Headed, Nearly
3 responses to “Red-Headed, Nearly”
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Nice pictures. I watched him this afternoon. So much fun to watch him fly to the other tree nearby and gather a nut and then return to this tree and hammer it into one of the nooks and crannies. Would love to see him in his red, black and white! Hope he will hang around.
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Another fine set of photos!
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[…] too: this is the same tree — snags are perfect habitat for them — I photographed it in back in January. You can see how the red feathers of the head have really come in since January, as the bird has […]
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