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["steve breece" <stevebreece@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Thursday Nov. 8  I enjoyed watching a family of Red-headed Woodpeckers in 
some giant Willow Oaks I have in my backyard.
This was the first time I have seen immature Red-headed Woodpeckers and at 
first I did not know what they were.  But after seeing the parents it was 
apparent (haha) what they were.  The young birds color was so dark and dirty 
looking.  Only in the sun just right could you see the red tint of the head 
feathers.  I was surprised to see FOUR juveniles spaced about two feet apart on 
one branch. Mom and Dad were on nearby branches observing their foraging 
progress. They had been nesting in one of my trees till a storm brought down 
the upper portion of the hollowed out limb.  I was concerned for the young but 
it looks like they did just fine.
Steve Breece
Tullahoma, Coffee County