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Melanerpes Carolinus
9-10 1/2 inches long. Zebra backed with a Red cap which covers the crown and nape in Males. This must be a male.
Woodlands, Groves, Orchards and Towns.
On females the red only covers the nape of the neck and on Juveniles no red shows on head...only brown.
Spotted on Feb 16, 2015
Submitted on Feb 26, 2015
2 Comments
Nice Site. I am enjoying this. I love to take pictures but am lacking in professionally knowing exactly what I took a picture of sometimes.
Welcome to Project Noah BarbaraHileman
Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing
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