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Red Bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus

Featured image credit: “Red-bellied Woodpecker IMG_8600A” by popo.uw23 is licensed under CC PDM 1.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Red-bellied Woodpecker page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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