Check out dis boid

Undertoad • Oct 29, 2013 12:59 pm
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This bird bounced around a tree at the Loveshack. I've never seen one like it before. I ran in to get the digital camera but only had about 10 seconds before it left. This is the only shot.

Unfortunately I did not get a really good look at the beak/head, only that it was red.

I think it may be a woodpecker, but please identify. I will be back in about an hour. I'm counting on your shared wisdom here.
Happy Monkey • Oct 29, 2013 1:04 pm
Red-bellied Woodpecker, I believe.
infinite monkey • Oct 29, 2013 1:09 pm
I think it's a red-headed pecker. ;)

Actually a Red-bellied Woodpecker (though I don't see a red belly in any of the pictures I've seen. (We just called this red-headed dude in HS a red-headed pecker, cause he was kind of a pecker head, if you know what I mean.)

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/686/overview/Red-bellied_Woodpecker.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bellied_Woodpecker
infinite monkey • Oct 29, 2013 1:14 pm
Do you hear him a'peckin'?

Red-bellied Woodpeckers are pale, medium-sized woodpeckers common in forests of the East. Their strikingly barred backs and gleaming red caps make them an unforgettable sight – just resist the temptation to call them Red-headed Woodpeckers, a somewhat rarer species that's mostly black on the back with big white wing patches. Learn the Red-bellied's rolling call and you’ll notice these birds everywhere.


The Red-bellied Woodpecker’s most common call is a shrill, rolling kwirr or churr given by both sexes. You might also hear a gruff, coughing cha cha cha sounding through the woods, usually a contact call between mates, or a throaty growl exchanged when birds are close together.


There are some sound examples here:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker/sounds
Undertoad • Oct 29, 2013 1:41 pm
I did hear me some peckin but it was a few days ago.
infinite monkey • Oct 29, 2013 1:42 pm
It's been YEARS for me, since I heard any peckin'.

Oh, wait...nevermind.
Gravdigr • Oct 29, 2013 4:51 pm
I'm very confused...after looking at quite a few woodpecker pix, trying to help UT identify his boid, I did not see even one blue woodpecker.

Was my entire childhood a lie?

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Happy Monkey • Oct 29, 2013 4:57 pm
He's wearing a leotard.
lumberjim • Oct 29, 2013 11:46 pm
I have one here too.

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fargon • Oct 29, 2013 11:54 pm
lumberjim;881987 wrote:
I have one here too.


What's that a leotard?
Gravdigr • Oct 30, 2013 4:28 pm
[Size=1]Hee![/Size]
lumberjim • Oct 30, 2013 5:17 pm
ew. thanks for that visual.
Sheldonrs • Oct 30, 2013 6:25 pm
I don't think we can use the word "leotard" anymore.
Sarah Palin demands we use "Special Knees". :angel:
BigV • Oct 30, 2013 6:28 pm
*snort*