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Post by sweetpea on Feb 17, 2011 20:53:32 GMT
My daughter saw a bird on the peanut feeder this morning. It was black and white about the size of a starling and had bright red legs.
She didn't have camera handy and I haven't a clue what it might have been.
Any ideas?
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 17, 2011 21:54:23 GMT
I wonder if it was a spotted woodpecker and she mistook the red underneath it for red legs.
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Post by Cherry on Feb 18, 2011 8:42:30 GMT
Bright red would be a good description of the greater spotted woodpecker.
I will take a pic of a bit of wood from a tree from which the top half fell down, partly owing to woodpeckers, and partly because it was dead. It is full of holes, some of which are about 6 in across at the mouth.
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 18, 2011 11:23:57 GMT
It was indeed a greater spotted woodpecker.
I saw it myself this morning and confirmed what it was.
Hopefully it will continue to call.
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