Visitors to our online photo galleries have uploaded lots and lots of great photos of woodpeckers. Here are five that caught our eye. Click on a photographer’s name to see more of his or her photos.
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Downy Woodpeckers: This photo from RaptorFan allows you to compare male (left) and female (right) Downies.
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Pileated Woodpeckers: Brad Ouellette took this photo of a Pileated Woodpecker, a female, feeding its young in Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend, Ontario.
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Acorn Woodpecker: deserttoad photographed this Acorn Woodpecker last October in Madera Canyon, Arizona.
Gila Woodpeckers: Red crowns show that these Gila Woodpeckers are males. They were fighting when Lois Manowitz came upon them at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, Arizona.
American Three-toed Woodpecker: hahn23 found this golden-crowned woodpecker in the lodgepole pine forest of Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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This is our ninth “Friday Photos” post. Earlier we showcased photos of owls, hawks, white birds, super close-ups, birds of Brazil, hummingbirds, orioles, and tanagers. If you have a suggestion for a future “Friday Photos” theme, please leave a comment.
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Previous Friday Photo selections:
Five tanagers. See Scarlet, Western, Summer, Hepatic, and stunning Flame-colored.
Beautiful orioles. See Bullock’s, Baltimore, Hooded, Orchard, and Scott’s.
Hummingbird favorites. See Black-chinned, Ruby-throated, Calliope, Broad-tailed, and Rufous.
Birds of Brazil. See Silver-beaked Tanager, Harpy Eagle, Blue Dacnis, Chaco Chachalaca, and White Monjita.
Super close-ups. See Golden Eagle, Blue Jay, Great Egret, Green-winged Teal, and Northern Saw-whet Owl.
Ghost birds. See Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Mockingbird, Spotted Sandpiper, Wood Duck, and Dark-eyed Junco.
Hawks. See Red-shouldered, Harris’s, Ferruginous, Swainson’s, and Cooper’s.
Owls. See Short-eared Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Burrowing Owl, and Barred Owl.
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