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To: cherry

Reading this post got me to thinking about the woodpeckers that are in my back yard...I am in south-central Texas. After looking up the birds of Brazos Valley, I find that we do have the Pileated woodpeckers, but those in my back yard are the red-bellied woodpecker. Thanks for such an interesting post!


9 posted on 02/06/2016 11:48:46 AM PST by native texan (Texans should be independent thinkers)
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To: native texan
Hi Native Texan!

Just so you know, you also have another woodpecker that is pretty much exclusively a "native Texan" like you. It's called the golden-fronted woodpecker, and in America, it's only found in Texas! (And a tiny stretch of Oklahoma.)

Nice bird, but not easy to find, even in Texas.

Good luck!

10 posted on 02/06/2016 12:05:16 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: native texan

Made me think about the woodpeckers attacking my house


15 posted on 02/06/2016 12:15:32 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: native texan; Flycatcher
I love Woodpeckers, we have seen all of the varieties except maybe the Golden Fronted. About 3 years ago I watched 2 male Pileateds fighting over a female, that was quite a sight!
28 posted on 02/06/2016 1:46:32 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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