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#melanerpes — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #melanerpes, aggregated by home.social.

  1. @Trilobyter Beautiful photograph of the #redbellied #woodpecker, #Melanerpes #carolinus (#Picidae, Aves). A strikingly colored and biologically interesting bird, widespread in the eastern half of the #USA forming monogamous seasonal partnerships.The species is flexible regarding food, habitat, and nesting site. However, it seems to prefer moist, old, and not too densely overgrown deciduous #forests.Only the facial and nape coloration of this strikingly patterned bird exhibits #sexualdimorphism.

  2. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on January 23, 2025

    A crack in a wild grape vine used as a tool for breaking a seed open

    Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: rsok.com/~jrm/2025Jan31_birds_

    #birds #woodpecker #nutcracker #Melanerpes #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #tooluse #photography