My Mom the Hero...(Arty Please read)... - Page 2

02-14-2008, 08:05 AM

At the house we had a family of woodpeckers you sound like everything is going good.... and you doing things right... heat food and sleep......lolol

thank you for taking car e of Woody

02-14-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Marie

He cannot be a baby in mid-winter, and was probably knocked out somehow and left dazed in the freezing weather. We used to rub suet into tree bark for woodpeckers, they used to flock to it. We don't do it anymore because of all the cats running around the neighborhood.

I agree - probably his first winter or something.

I found the remains of the larger Red headed Woodpecker last year at my parents home - must have hit the window. We have really large evergreens around the house & some nesting sites for the smaller type with smaller bits of red on their heads - they seem more common.

Hinterland Who's Who - Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpeckers - Anteaters of the North

02-14-2008, 10:38 AM

Woody seems to be eating and drinking today,so I think some rest is what he needs right now.He is not at al aggressive and will let me touch him if I need to.
I could be compleatly wrong and he may not even be a woodpecker,lol.
I did check out woodpeckers for our area and from the pictures I think he is called a Hairy Woodpecker.
Here is a pic I took just now.
If anyon knows for sure what he is please let me know.

02-14-2008, 01:24 PM

? - hard to find the areas these guys live in ....

About.com: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4100id.html

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Golden-fronted woodpkr Melanerpes aurifrons
Identification Tips:

* Length: 8.5 inches
* Medium-sized woodpecker
* Pale gray head, throat, breast, and belly
* Yellow nape patch and yellow spot above bill
* Back strongly barred with black and white
* Black wings barred and spotted with white
* White bases to the primaries appear as white crescent in the hand in flight
* White rump and upper tail coverts
* Dark tail with dark central retricies

Adult male:

* Small red cap on top of head

Similar species:

Gila Woodpecker is darker brown about the head and belly, lacks the yellow nape and spot above bill, and has black and white barring on the central retricies. Red-bellied Woodpecker overlaps in range and hybrids are known so caution should be exercised when making identifications where they occur. Note the Red-bellied's red nape and barred central retricies in all plumages.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.

02-14-2008, 01:30 PM

Northern Flickers are virtually Woodpeckers apparently.

All About Birds: Northern Flicker

hope I'm not adding to the confusion - but the photo you took is kind of dark.

02-14-2008, 03:44 PM

Definitely not a Hairy, they're all black and white, no brown. Looks like a Flicker to me as well. What part of the country are you in? If you're in the southwest, I think I recall seeing something similar to a Flicker in that area too.

02-14-2008, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Quito's Qage

Definitely not a Hairy, they're all black and white, no brown. Looks like a Flicker to me as well. What part of the country are you in? If you're in the southwest, I think I recall seeing something similar to a Flicker in that area too.

She's in Newfoundland Canada Nate...as far east as you can get in this great country! LOL

02-14-2008, 04:48 PM

It's a flicker of some sort. Most likely a Northern Flicker. Does the bird have black, round spots on his front? If so then definitely Northern.

Quick change here -
That's neat that your mom lives in Newfie, Kris. My dad was born there!

02-15-2008, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Maplebird

She's in Newfoundland Canada Nate...as far east as you can get in this great country! LOL

Ah! I must have missed that somewhere. Yep, definitely a Flicker then. Very cool birds, hope the little guy will be all right.

02-15-2008, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by winkie&leah

It's a flicker of some sort. Most likely a Northern Flicker. Does the bird have black, round spots on his front? If so then definitely Northern.

Quick change here -
That's neat that your mom lives in Newfie, Kris. My dad was born there!

My whole family is from there, me included!