Calgary photographers, bird watchers flock to catch a glimpse of rare woodpecker

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11906947/calgary-photographers-bird-watchers-rare-woodpecker/

Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker lacking the characteristic coloration. Male and female adults are monomorphic - they are indistinguishable in the woods. Juveniles will retain this drab coloration for a year or more before developing the characteristic coloration.

As a side note: Started having problems with Darktable yesterday when it stopped recognizing DNG files that i had formerly been able to work with. Not sure what I done. That will slow me down until the brain cell kicks on to figure that out.

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Red-headed Woodpecker celebrating a pecan. Will stay with woodpeckers for a while. Seem to be at a point of max pain with the PT on the replaced knee, so a bit overwhelmed with the unending pain and the constant flow of lies and hatred from the gop. We are a v. small blue dot in a deeply racist, homophobic, misogynist, ... red state.

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Red-headed Woodpeckers - one of our common medium-sized Woodpeckers. Present in the central and eastern US, we should se it year-round, but that varies depending on acorn production. If acorns of abundant, red-headed woodpeckers are abundant. These are vocal, gregarious birds that celebrate finding, hiding and stealing acorns. The are also excellent fly-catchers. Beautiful birds to see.

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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)

A woodpecker and a tyrant flycatcher pretend to not flaunt their colors.

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It's time to slow down and admire some pretty things. Today: a red-headed woodpecker

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