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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 17:56   #1
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woodpecker id

My brother took this picture yesterday, is this a least spotted one or what?


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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 18:01   #2
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Hi Erik,
Yeah,Lesser Spotted.
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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 18:02   #3
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it is Picoides borealis, or red-cockaded woodpecker.

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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 18:03   #4
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oh, didn't realize where you are from, i'm always assuming that everyone's from the good ol' US of A...
since i don't have any experience with foreign birds, i'll have to agree with him on the Lesser Spotted Woody.
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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 18:04   #5
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Ok why does my brother see birds i have never seen :S
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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 18:10   #6
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Hi Erik,
Try asking him that?
Better still,ask him where he saw it,and go there!
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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 20:25   #7
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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 21:16   #8
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Hi Erik,

It is a male, as it has a red crown (only just visible!)

Hope you manage to see it!

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Old Sunday 7th March 2004, 21:17   #9
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would be a nice addition to my recently grown woodpeckerlist i think that would be the 6th woodpecker in life...
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would be a nice addition to my recently grown woodpeckerlist i think that would be the 6th woodpecker in life...
I thought woodpeckers were much more common over there? I have a minimum of 6 in my yard....... every day! 3 hairy woodpeckers and 3 downy woodpeckers. The bonus lately has been that the pileated woodpecker is starting to hang around again. I've seen him twice in the past 3 weeks and heard him calling yesterday. Gotta love spring altho' at -22°C this morning, you'd never know it was near!!
Hope you see the ones you want, Eric. I personally would love to see a green one!
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Old Monday 8th March 2004, 13:12   #11
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Erik means 6 species of woodpecker!!

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Old Monday 8th March 2004, 19:14   #12
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Erik means 6 species of woodpecker!!

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Well, that clarifies things just a bit then! I don't feel so bad with my 5 species then.
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Old Monday 8th March 2004, 20:20   #13
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hehe by the time i posted it i wondered if anyone would say something about that... Tammie, woodpeckers are flying on and off here daily. In Prague last week i saw about 20 or so...
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