#melanerpini

[best-bird-tournament]

Pied woodpecker (Melanerpini) tribe - round 1, section 1

Which is the best bird?

Red-naped sapsucker

Black-backed woodpecker

Middle spotted woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

Striped woodpecker

Eastern grey woodpecker

Cuban green woodpecker

Voting ended onSep 5, 2025

[animalids]

Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[best-bird-tournament]

Pied woodpecker (Melanerpini) tribe - round 1, section 2

Which is the best bird?

Red-bellied woodpecker

Acorn woodpecker

Japanese pygmy woodpecker

Bearded woodpecker

Hairy woodpecker

Great spotted woodpecker

Yellow-crowned woodpecker

Voting ended onSep 5, 2025

[dendroica]

Progress on the woodpecker hole (by Dendroica cerulea)

I'm still not sure if this is really a nest, but it's starting to look more like one.

[dendroica]

Looking the other way (by Dendroica cerulea)

I'm not sure if this excavation is the start of a nest cavity or simply foraging.