Red Bellied Woodpeckers by danapommet

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 05, 2013

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Spotted a pair of Red Bellied Woodpeckers trying to break into a special bat box. The top half of the collage shows one of the woodpeckers chopping a hole in the bat version of a birdhouse. Then they found that the bottom was open but were afraid to go in. I assume that there were bats sleeping in there. Photo taken in April 2007. They actually do not have red bellies! Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated. Dana

Comments (25)

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Faemike55

9:51PM | Fri, 05 April 2013

Very good captures Dana

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mgtcs

10:09PM | Fri, 05 April 2013

Ohhh.....so amazing my friend, adorable colors and camera angle, excellent photos Dana!

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Jay-el-Jay

10:39PM | Fri, 05 April 2013

Fine pictures of these colorful visitors.

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eekdog

11:04PM | Fri, 05 April 2013

cool!! nice captures my friend.

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mbz2662

12:09AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Fascinating little birds :) Nice photos.

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durleybeachbum

12:58AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

How very interesting! Perhaps they smelled what they thought were beetles and had a shock!

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Jean_C

1:34AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Superb birds! Excellent capture, Dana!

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jayfar

2:19AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Lovely shots Dana. They are similar to our 'great spotted woodpeckers'.

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Leije

3:08AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Interesting duo of shots showing the behavior of these birds, especially digging a hole in the box ! Excellent captures, Dana !

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Cyve

5:42AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Tres tres belle capture mon ami et les oiseaux sont vraiment fantastique... c'est uen fabuleuse image!!!

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jendellas

6:30AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

What a cheeky pair, lovely pic!!

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ragouc

6:56AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Very good close up

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flavia49

11:29AM | Sat, 06 April 2013

fantastic capture

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Rhanagaz

4:53PM | Sat, 06 April 2013

The house already taken!! Great captures, Dana!! :o)

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sandra46

4:53PM | Sat, 06 April 2013

GREAT CAPTURE LOL!

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MrsRatbag

7:31PM | Sat, 06 April 2013

Wonderful shots! I'd love to see this behaviour. I hear them up in my trees, but they're so far up seeing them is rare (our trees are in the 150-200 ft. range!)

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dakotabluemoon

7:45AM | Sun, 07 April 2013

I got lots of these here but when i get the camera in hand off they go great shot of them.

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jocko500

10:25PM | Sun, 07 April 2013

good shot

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Flint_Hawk

9:49AM | Mon, 08 April 2013

They are beautifully marked & colored birds! Excellent captures!

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Katraz

5:04PM | Mon, 08 April 2013

I wonder how it got it's name after all its not difficult to tell it's head from its belly. Its very similar to the woodpeckers that visit my bird feeders they love peanuts but are so skittish that I never get close enough to get a good photo.

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jif3d

8:01PM | Tue, 09 April 2013

Wouldn't make the bats around here a home, they come and eat all the ripe fruit...little buggers ! So, seeing these guys having a bit of fun bugging the bats, I say go for it Red Dudes ! ~Cheers~

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rbowen

12:29AM | Wed, 10 April 2013

Very good capture!

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dochtersions

10:11AM | Wed, 10 April 2013

Oh, I never have seen a bat-box, didn't know that they exist, Dana. What a cute story about this beautiful birds, which here (in Holland) are very shy, I love that light red color on the heads. Good you could catch them this way, my friend.

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