Red-Headed Woodpecker

                         

 

           RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

 

SPECIES: Melanerpes erythrocephalus

 

STATUS: Least concern

 

HABITAT: Orchards, forest edges, open clearings in the woods.

 

DIET: Insects, nuts, seeds, berries and occasionally eggs of other birds.

 

GENERAL: The Red-Headed Woodpecker was once common throughout eastern North America but has declined in numbers over the years and most likely due to cutting down of dead trees.

 

**Range map indicates Summer, Winter and breeding range.

 

 

*Photo attributed to: Hollyshots

 

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