This is at least the third year that "red-bellied woodpeckers" have nested in a dead part of one of our trees. I assumed they were red-headed but after looking online, I learned they are called red-bellied. We sorta feel like they are part of the family. Mike and I have both gone out to take pics of them b/c they are so fascinating to watch. They had an initial hole, then last year they made a hole above the first one, but this year they have come back down the limb to their first home. Its a tree just over our patio area.. its fun to watch them while we are playing outside. And with these spring days of open windows and ceiling fans, we can hear from indoors too.
I think this is the female (she has less red).
And this is the male.
Peeking in...
Female
The two of them seem to squabble a lot. I have some blurry pics of them squabbling mid air. And it seems like the male takes more care of the nest??
The female gets annoyed and fusses at him from a nearby branch.
They are both in the pic below.
Now this makes us want a zoom lens for our camera.
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