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Melanerpes carolinus
Medium-sized woodpecker, with black-and-white barring on back, pale unmarked chest. This bird has a red nape and red around top base of bill, and a gray-ish forehead, which means this is a female.
Feeding on poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) berries in a tree, on margin between field and woods.
Spotted on Dec 9, 2015
Submitted on Dec 9, 2015
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