Portrait shot of a red-capped, white-breasted woodpecker with black and white patterned wings pausing contemplatively on the side of a log-like suet feeder. The bird's brown eye catches a glint of light.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 8th August 2024
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 45% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 2000
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Perched on the back of a metal silhoutte of a bird looking to the left, a red-capped woodpecker looks intently to the right.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 13th June 2024
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 474mm, 20% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 400
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Clinging to the underside of a house-like suet feeder, a red-capped woodpecker yells down at a sparrow flying up to encroach on its space.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 8th August 2024
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 4000
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Looking somewhat bald due to a lack of the red cap common in adult birds, a juvenile woodpecker with patterned black and white wings clings to the trunk of a tree.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 13th June 2024
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 60% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 12800
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Very fluffed up in the side of a tree trunk, a red-crested woodpecker seems to shrug a long striped fur coat from its shoulders.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 31st March 2024
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 25% crop, 1/640s, ISO 500
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Woodpecker perched on a branch.

Woodpecker perched on a branch.

Would you look at that? I actually got a visual of the titular "red belly" of the Red Bellied Woodpecker! Their heads are by far more dazzling and easier to see. I think this is only the second time I've seen the red belly.

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A white-fronted woodpecker peers out from a high perch.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 26th October 2023
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/500s, ISO 500
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A pattern-backed woodpecker with a striking red crown perches high in a bare tree and surveys the view.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 24th June 2023
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Breakheart Reservation, Saugus, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 15% crop, 1/500s, ISO 800
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A red-crowned woodpecker feeding in the shadow of a suet feeder peers out into the sun.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), 27th April 2023
es: Carpintero de Carolina, fr: Pic à Ventre Roux
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 65% crop, 1/640s, ISO 800
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