Look for The white-headed woodpecker has, as the name suggests, a white head and throat—distinctive in North America. Males have a small patch of red on the back of the crown, while the rest of its body plumage is a solid black. It has white patches on its wings and black legs and bill. Its […]
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Look for Lewis’s woodpecker is a medium-sized bird that was named after Meriwether Lewis who discovered the bird during his famous expedition. It has a dark greenish-black hood, black, wings and tail, and a dark crimson face. It has a gray collar and chest and a pinkish-red belly. Its bill and legs are both black.
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Look for Loud, active, and boldly marked, the acorn woodpecker is hard to miss. Both males and females are black-backed and have a facial pattern resembling clown makeup (black and yellow face, white eye, black bill, red head patch), but the male has a more extensive red crown. White rump and wing patches stand out
Look For The red-cockaded woodpecker is black and white and medium-sized—slightly smaller than a hairy woodpecker. Both males and females have large white cheek patches, which separate red-cockaded woodpeckers from all other species in range. The male wears a little red “cockade” over its ears, but it is rarely seen. Listen For The red-cockaded woodpecker
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