#woodpecker

[goblinfables]

fair trade

[biscuitmagpie]

Hey, don't cry, 236 species of woodpecker, ok?

[occasionallybirds]

I went to Longwood Gardens to see their Christmas displays, and I may have spent a good chunk of my visit in front of this tree that they had decorated for wildlife. I saw 13 species of birds and a squirrel taking advantage of the food sources

December 17, 2025

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

IDs below the cut. See how many you can guess before peeking

Red-bellied woodpecker, male (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Red-bellied Woodpecker, female (Melanerpes carolinus)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

White-throated Sparrow  (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), males squabbling, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Boulder, CO, USA

photograph by Rob Palmer

[xanaxfarts]

Photographer Martin Le-May captures a weasel riding on the back of a flying woodpecker.

[cristalplanetheart]

[mushbeast]

red bellied woodpecker