Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus Principalis)

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus Principalis)
by Logan Parsons

Friday, January 12, 2007

If IBWOs do exist back there, they have plenty of woodpecking company


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A beautiful adult Red-headed Woodpecker. Red-headed Woodpeckers have similar wing patterns to IBWOs in flight, though I doubt too many would mistake one for the other.


Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers may be the most common woodpeckers here. Their arhythmic soft taps and meowing calls are some of the most frequently heard sounds in the Choctawhatchee Valley.




Red-bellied Woodpeckers are also common.


Another sapsucker


Another Red-headed Woodpecker