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Sphyrapicus ruber
Red head and upper chest, grey with specks of white. Black on the back, with some white barring and white wings bars. Bill is large and chiseled like.
Prefers Birch and Willows but has also been found on Oak and Maple.
Spotted on a Birch tree in someone's front yard while watching a rare Painted Redstart trying to get to the wells that the bird was drilling
Spotted on Nov 17, 2013
Submitted on Nov 19, 2013
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