[va-richmond-general] FW: Red-headed woodpeckers


> ______________________________________________ 
> From:         Rachel Echols [mailto:rlechols@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:23 PM
> To:   VA Bird (va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> Subject:      Red-headed woodpeckers
> 
> My neighborhood red-headed woodpeckers have continued to bring their young
> to my feeders, visiting every day for peanuts and suet.  I also had an
> adult show up last week that has lost an eye, and I wonder if that
> occurred in a fight with another woodpecker.  See the picture at the link
> below.  I'd welcome any comments/ideas about the cause.  I've also
> included a link to a healthy adult and a juvenile.
> 
> Injured woodpecker:  http://flickr.com/photos/rlechols/2653260478/
> Juvenile:  http://flickr.com/photos/rlechols/2653260486/in/photostream/
> Adult:  http://flickr.com/photos/rlechols/2653260490/in/photostream/
> 
> Happy Birding,
> 
> Rachel Echols
> Chester, VA

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