Rare RED HEADED WOODPECKER on peninsula thumb trails towards tip. Reportedly flew to Duck Island.
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- Red-headed Woodpecker (2 reports)
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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 30, 2021 07:07 by Theodore Muth
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S86712129
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen on peninsula. Complete red head with contrasting white on back. High up in a dead tree with a red bellied woodpecker."
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 30, 2021 06:18 by Linda Ewing
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S86711798
- Comments: "Adult, unmistakeable: bright, entirely red head; glossy black back; white on folded wings. Seen on peninsula w multiple observers before flying across lake."
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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 30, 2021 07:20 by Caleb Crain- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen high in tree. Photo attached. Thanks to Max and a few other birders for spotting it"
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Rare, but maybe annual during migration. A couple told me they saw one on the peninsula, searched for a couple minutes and eventually Carl B. spotted it high up in a tree between the peninsula tip and thumb. Adult bird with a solid red head, took photos."
