Thank you, pkin! Lorna, as far as woodpeckers in Illinois, we have the Downey, Hairy, Red-bellied and the Northern Flicker. We have Nuthatches, which act similar to woodpeckers, but are not.
We have the green, the great spotted and the lesser spotted woodpeckers Laura. I was so excited to see a lesser spotted on the birdtable several times early in the morning last winter. I'm hoping that now I have a new camera, I'll see it again and perhaps get a picture of it. But I haven't used the new camera to get a photo of anything yet unfortunately, thanks to the appalling weather or because I have my 2 dogs with me!
You are right, chickie. A sort of pinksh-orange color. Here is what the National Geographic site says about them: All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts, grayish white underparts, black chevrons on the lower flanks and undertail coverts, and barred central tail feathers. In flight a small white patch shows at the base of the primaries. Adult male: entire crown, from bill to nape, is red; there is a suffusion of pink or red on the center of the belly. Adult female: red on the head is limited to nasal tufts (just above the bill) and nape; wash of color on the belly is paler, less extensive. In rare individual females, the nape and nasal tufts can be yellow-orange instead of red. Juvenile: resembles adults but duller, with red nasal tuft and nape patches lacking; bill is brownish (black in adults).
Thanks Lyndee and Lorna! Lyndee, I thought the same thing. I guess they had to come up with another name. Lorna, do you have these woodpeckers over there?
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