Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Melanerpes Species: carolinus Profile: 10 positives 1 neutral No negatives Regional... This bird has been reportedly found in the following regions: Albertville, Alabama Bellefonte, Arkansas Lowell, Arkansas Marble Falls, Arkansas North Haven, Connecticut Sandy Hook, Connecticut Beverly Hills, Florida Big Pine Key, Florida Black Diamond, Florida Cheval, Florida Cutler, Florida Hollister, Florida Jacksonville, Florida (2 reports) Lake Belvedere Estates, Florida Miami, Florida Palm Shores, Florida Saint James City, Florida Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Sebastian, Florida South Daytona, Florida Augusta, Georgia Byron, Georgia Dacula, Georgia Dallas, Georgia (2 reports) Tyrone, Georgia Algonquin, Illinois Machesney Park, Illinois Rock Falls, Illinois Tinley Park, Illinois Westchester, Illinois Carmel, Indiana Coatesville, Indiana Corunna, Indiana Patriot, Indiana Yale, Iowa Mission Hills, Kansas Alvaton, Kentucky Benton, Kentucky Calvert City, Kentucky Ewing, Kentucky Hebron, Kentucky Irvine, Kentucky Baton Rouge, Louisiana Shapleigh, Maine South China, Maine Hanover, Maryland Linthicum, Maryland Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland White Oak, Maryland Halifax, Massachusetts Longmeadow, Massachusetts Bark River, Michigan Belleville, Michigan Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn Heights, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Traverse City, Michigan Golden, Mississippi Marietta, Mississippi Cole Camp, Missouri Conway, Missouri Gerald, Missouri Glendale, Missouri Saint Robert, Missouri Beachwood, New Jersey Butler, New Jersey Laurel Lake, New Jersey Mahwah, New Jersey Marlton, New Jersey Oak Valley, New Jersey Chester, New York Clifton Park, New York Geneva, New York Himrod, New York Pittsford, New York Syracuse, New York Yonkers, New York Cary, North Carolina Concord, North Carolina Pfafftown, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina (2 reports) Barberton, Ohio Bartlett, Ohio Bucyrus, Ohio Geneva, Ohio Haskins, Ohio Lakeview, Ohio Lexington, Ohio Newark, Ohio Pleasant Grove, Ohio Ravenna, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Downingtown, Pennsylvania Laflin, Pennsylvania Monroe, Pennsylvania West Kingston, Rhode Island Irwin, South Carolina Summerville, South Carolina Elizabethton, Tennessee Jonesborough, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Summertown, Tennessee Austin, Texas (3 reports) Cleburne, Texas Copperas Cove, Texas Fairchilds, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Houston, Texas (3 reports) La Porte, Texas Lufkin, Texas Mckinney, Texas Nassau Bay, Texas San Antonio, Texas Spring, Texas , Virginia Broad Run, Virginia Falmouth, Virginia Groveton, Virginia Hurt, Virginia Newport News, Virginia Canvas, West Virginia Brodhead, Wisconsin Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Positive Mrs_Ed On Dec 26, 2008, Mrs_Ed from Whiteside County, IL (Zone 5a) wrote: A really fun woodpecker to see in the yard. Forages for insects on the trees and loves suet but will also eat from other feeders. The male has red hood extending all the way to the forehead while the female has the back of the neck only. Positive plantladylin On Dec 27, 2008, plantladylin from Daytona Beach, FL (Zone 9b) wrote: The Red-Bellied Woodpecker is found throughout the state of Florida where I live. Breeding occurs from April through June. Diet for the Red-Bellied Woodpecker consists of seeds, nuts and insects as well as suet, raisins and even the pulp and juice of oranges. Neutral DebinSC On Jan 28, 2009, DebinSC from Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) wrote: If you have feeders, you can generally tell when one is about to visit since they tend to announce themselves in advance with a loud "chuck chuck". Positive bsgardens On Jan 26, 2010, bsgardens from Jacksonville, FL (Zone 9a) wrote: My hubby and I love this bird. They are so very colorful. We love having them around, they let us know what trees are infested with bugs and having issues. We don't tend to see them in healthy trees. They also like to hang out with our blue jays at the bird feeder. Positive Weedwhacker On Jan 26, 2010, Weedwhacker from Bark River (UP), MI (Zone 4b) wrote: A beautiful woodpecker that we never saw around here until a couple of years ago. We had to remove 2 large hybrid poplars from our that were nearly dead, which these birds seemed to hang out in, so I hope they will stay around. We're surrounded by woods with lots of trees, both dead and alive, so I don't imagine it will be an issue - but we may not see them as often. Positive mom2goldens On Feb 7, 2010, mom2goldens from Carmel, IN (Zone 5b) wrote: We are fortunate enough to have this beauty visit our feeders; we see him regularly in the winter, but rarely in the summer. He usually ignores the seed and suet feeders in favor of peanuts in the shell. Although he never stays long enough to open and eat his peanut, he returns quickly for another. Positive teddy_8905 On Mar 24, 2011, teddy_8905 from Lakeview, OH wrote: I am relatively new to photographing birds, and I love these birds, they are fun to watch, I have a upside down feeder and they love it, and its fun to watch them hang upside down. We also have a Cottonwood tree out front and they love to perch on that. I hope this summer they come more often because we have ants in it and they are welcome to eat all they want. My hubby saw two of them on the upside down feeder at the same time, I haven't but he got lucky enough to. Positive Treehugger73 On Apr 8, 2011, Treehugger73 from Machesney Park, IL (Zone 5a) wrote: Have a male and female visiting my backyard regularly, for about two weeks now. They seem to be enjoying the food, and the beat up, half dead tree as well. They're fun to watch! Positive xiamenmom On Aug 12, 2011, xiamenmom from Dallas, GA (Zone 7a) wrote: Have had a breeding pair in the yard all summer, and have now started bringing their offspring to the feeder. Fun to watch, very colorful, not at all aggressive despite their size Positive chris1948 On Jan 23, 2012, chris1948 from Copperas Cove, TX (Zone 8a) wrote: Nice that it's been a warm winter here so far, sitting on the front patio on the weekends and watching these two is really enjoyable. The male loves to come down and steal peanuts from the squirrel feeder which is only fair as the squirrel kept taking the woodpecker blocks and running off with them though I've fixed that. The female though is pretty skittish and is really hard to catch at the feeders.They always announce themselves and seem to materialize out of nowhere on the trunk of the tree. Love to watch how they hop around, really funny. Positive MiamiHeatwave On Aug 20, 2012, MiamiHeatwave from Miami, FL (Zone 10b) wrote: For over seven years, I have seen many generations of this beautiful bird, nest in the wooden post for the electrical power in the corner of our street I have the pleasure of enjoying their presence in the watering spot, I had built for birds and bees, so you can imagine how I felt, when one morning before going to work I noticed a city crew working in the process of replacing the wooden posts for concrete ones I was devastated, but I understood the need for these "modern" monsters for an area that had, been affected by hurricanes in the past But a typical "error" from the city government took place, and now we have three posts and only one made of concrete, with a new generation of red bellied woodpeckers and another that I have not been able to ID yet For once I am glad to see how our city throws our money away : ] I added another sighting for the area , where I live !

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