Eric Gofreed
Well-Known Member
It’s Winged Wednesday, where feathers, flutters, and flight steal the show! Whether they’re zipping, swooping, sunbathing, or striking a sassy pose, we want to see your favorite winged wonders. Birds, bugs, bats, or butterflies—if it’s got wings, it’s fair game.
Today I’m sharing photos of woodpeckers.
So pull up a perch and enjoy the peck parade!
And don’t forget to share your own winged creature—whatever’s fluttering through your world today.
Next week is wide open, and I don’t have a clue what I’ll do—so if you have an idea, send it my way. I’d love your suggestions.
The Black‑cheeked Woodpecker is a bold little acrobat of the tropics, and that dark cheek patch makes it look like it’s wearing a smudge of war paint. It’s common from southern Mexico through Central America, often seen in lowland forests, plantations, and even city parks. Unlike many woodpeckers, it’s perfectly happy to raid a hummingbird feeder or help itself to fruit—bananas and papayas aren’t safe when this bird shows up.
The Blond‑crested Woodpecker looks like it borrowed its hairdo from a rock band. Found in eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and parts of Argentina, it favors forest edges, savannas, and even city parks where old trees still stand. This species isn’t shy about mixing up its menu: insects and grubs from tree trunks, plus fruit and berries when the mood strikes.
The Red‑crowned Woodpecker wears a bright crimson cap that looks like it was dipped in fresh paint. It’s a familiar sight from southern Mexico through Central America and across much of northern South America, often turning up in open woodlands, gardens, and even backyard feeders. Like many tropical woodpeckers, it’s not picky—it’ll hammer for insects, sip nectar, and happily sample fruit.
The Yellow‑fronted Woodpecker is found in eastern and southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. It often turns up along forest edges, in clearings, and even in coffee plantations where old trees are left standing. Males are known to be especially active, hammering for insects, taking fruit, and joining mixed feeding flocks as they move through the trees.
The Spot‑breasted Woodpecker is a Central American native, found from southern Mexico through much of Nicaragua and Honduras, often in open woodlands, groves, and forest edges. Instead of staying deep in heavy forest, it’s happy near clearings and along roadsides, hammering away for insects and taking fruit when it can.
Woodpeckers: A Chorus of Color
They drum in the tropics, they drum in the sun.
Bright crests and bold crowns flashing as one.
From gilded high deserts to forests that steam,
They hammer out rhythms that rattle a dream.
For food or for courtship, their echoes have grown
A chorus of color wherever they roam.
Today I’m sharing photos of woodpeckers.
So pull up a perch and enjoy the peck parade!
And don’t forget to share your own winged creature—whatever’s fluttering through your world today.
Next week is wide open, and I don’t have a clue what I’ll do—so if you have an idea, send it my way. I’d love your suggestions.
The Black‑cheeked Woodpecker is a bold little acrobat of the tropics, and that dark cheek patch makes it look like it’s wearing a smudge of war paint. It’s common from southern Mexico through Central America, often seen in lowland forests, plantations, and even city parks. Unlike many woodpeckers, it’s perfectly happy to raid a hummingbird feeder or help itself to fruit—bananas and papayas aren’t safe when this bird shows up.
The Blond‑crested Woodpecker looks like it borrowed its hairdo from a rock band. Found in eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and parts of Argentina, it favors forest edges, savannas, and even city parks where old trees still stand. This species isn’t shy about mixing up its menu: insects and grubs from tree trunks, plus fruit and berries when the mood strikes.
The Red‑crowned Woodpecker wears a bright crimson cap that looks like it was dipped in fresh paint. It’s a familiar sight from southern Mexico through Central America and across much of northern South America, often turning up in open woodlands, gardens, and even backyard feeders. Like many tropical woodpeckers, it’s not picky—it’ll hammer for insects, sip nectar, and happily sample fruit.
The Yellow‑fronted Woodpecker is found in eastern and southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. It often turns up along forest edges, in clearings, and even in coffee plantations where old trees are left standing. Males are known to be especially active, hammering for insects, taking fruit, and joining mixed feeding flocks as they move through the trees.
The Spot‑breasted Woodpecker is a Central American native, found from southern Mexico through much of Nicaragua and Honduras, often in open woodlands, groves, and forest edges. Instead of staying deep in heavy forest, it’s happy near clearings and along roadsides, hammering away for insects and taking fruit when it can.
Woodpeckers: A Chorus of Color
They drum in the tropics, they drum in the sun.
Bright crests and bold crowns flashing as one.
From gilded high deserts to forests that steam,
They hammer out rhythms that rattle a dream.
For food or for courtship, their echoes have grown
A chorus of color wherever they roam.
