New Haven is home to a variety of bird life,
and if you listen…
you might hear the tap of the woodpecker!
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| A Yellow-Shafted Northern Flicker on a tree stump |
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| A Red-Bellied Woodpecker on a bird feeder |
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| A Downy Woodpecker on a bird feeder |
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| A Downy Woodpecker makes off with a sunflower seed |
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| The wings of a Downy Woodpecker |
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| A Pileated Woodpecker in the distance, can be detected by the sound of a hammer banging a tree |
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| This Pileated Woodpecker looked up when he heard my camera shutter… |
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| Pileated Woodpecker up close — one of the largest woodpeckers in North America |
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| A Pileated Woodpecker |
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| A Pileated Woodpecker, up close– one of the largest woodpeckers in North America |
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| Scoping out the area to find the next perch… |
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| Inspecting the bark for insects |
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| Though not officially a woodpecker, this White-Breasted Nuthatch feeds on insects, and can break nuts by smashing them in the bark of trees |
All Photographs © Mike Franzman
but sharing is enthusiastically encouraged