American Coot
American Crow
American Flamingo*
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
Barnacle Goose*
Belted Kingfisher
Black-and-White Warbler
Black-Capped Chickadee
Black-Headed Gull*
Black Vulture*
Blue Jay
Blue Tit*
Blue-Winged Teal
Bobwhite
Broad-Winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Cape May Warbler*
Carolina Chickadee*
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Common Gallinule
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Gull*
Common Moorhen*
Common Pochard*
Common Redpoll
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-Eyed Junco
Dicksissel
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Goldfinch - See American Goldfinch
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eurasian Blackbird*
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Coot*
Eurasian Jackdaw*
Eurasian Magpie*
European Serin*
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Graylag Goose
Great Black-backed Gull*
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Great Spotted Woodpecker*
Greater Flamingo*
Greater White-Fronted Goose*
Hairy Woodpecker
Harlequin Duck
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Crow*
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Laughing Gull*
Lesser Black-backed Gull*
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard (Domestic)
Mallard (Wild)
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan*
Neotropic Cormorant*
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-Legged Thrush*
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
Ring-Billed Gull
Ring-Necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Rook*
Ross's Goose*
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Turnstone*
Scarlet Tanager
Smooth-Billed Ani*
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Swamp Sparrow
Tricolored Heron*
Tufted Duck*
Tufted Titmouse
Tundra Swan*
Turkey Vulture
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Cheeked Pintail*
White-Crowned Pigeon*
White-Crowned Sparrow
White-Eyed Vireo
White-Throated Sparrow
White-Winged Dove
Wild Turkey
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Ants (Formicidae)
Bee Flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow Flies (Calliphoridae)
Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
Bumble Bees, etc. (Apidae)
Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)
Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)
Centipedes, House (Scutigeridae)
Cicadas (Cicadidae)
Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae)
Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
Emeralds (Corduliidae)
Fireflies (Lampyridae)
Flower Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Funnel-Web Spiders (Agelenidae)
Honey Bees - See Bumble Bees, etc.
Hornets - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Hover Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae)
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Leaffooted Bugs (Coreidae)
Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
Lightning Bugs - See Fireflies
Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
Mantid Flies (Mantispidae)
Mantids (Mantidae)
Minettia Flies (Minettia)
Narrow-Winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)
New York Weevils (Ithyceridae)
Orb-Weavers (Araneidae)
Paper Wasps - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)
Plant Bugs (Miridae)
Robber Flies (Asilidae)
Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
Signal Flies (Platystomatidae)
Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)
Soldier Flies (Stratiomyidae)
Spittlebugs (Cercopidae)
Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae)
Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Sweat Bees (Halictidae)
Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae)
Tiger Moths (Arctiidae)
Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae)
Yellowjackets, etc. (Vespidae)
Great woodpecker picture,they are so difficult to see and I have spent many a time in the woods following the noise they make trying to see one.Usually all I get is a fleeting glypse. Great ice storm pictures, only problem wuth the ice storms is the amount of damage they cause to the trees.
Ho Ho Ho Mark
December 21st, 2007 at 12:10 pmI saw my first woodpecker here in Chicago in ages outside my window. Unfortunately I was too slow to get a picture of him.
December 21st, 2007 at 12:57 pmI love the face-on shot! Poor guy, forever dubbed as having a mullet! :-)
Good birding to you!
December 21st, 2007 at 3:54 pmThis looks like our Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) except that the red coloring on ours is more toward the beak, and it doesn’t have a red belly. We also call the Gila Woodpecker the Saguaro Woodpecker because it makes holes in the Saguaro cactus to nest.
December 21st, 2007 at 6:04 pmHappy holidays,
Aiyana
The Red-bellied Woodpeckers are such great woodpeckers! Wonderful post and I love these photos!
December 21st, 2007 at 11:53 pmWhat a beauty! Great photos.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:54 pmOhh..wow, love the woodpecker. And those ice pics below, burr….but beautiful…
sandy
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:27 pmWhat lovely pictures! I get so excited when I spot a red-bellied, their head seems to light up from far away. Great pictures, I really love your site. :)
December 23rd, 2007 at 1:24 amVery nice picture. Very rare to get such a great shot of the red belly. Nice work!
December 23rd, 2007 at 7:58 pmGreat photos of this beautiful woodpecker!
December 23rd, 2007 at 11:18 pmWait a minute – isn’t that a Flicker?
December 24th, 2007 at 7:10 amThanks for all the comments, everybody!
Sally – I’ve added a comparison link to the Northern Flicker. The birds look similarly, but there are a few noticeable differences!
December 24th, 2007 at 9:29 amOh my gosh! I’ve been calling these flickers, when in reality I’m seeing red-bellied woodpeckers! Thanks so much for clearing that up Moe. And thanks for the link.
Merry Christmas!
December 24th, 2007 at 5:33 pmI clearly see the differences from the downy woodpecker here and the flickers I have in the summer. Great photos.
December 27th, 2007 at 8:52 pmHow cute! She was posing for you!! I had a male and female Downey coming to my bird feeder, but haven’t seen them in a few days. I’ll get the camera out next time I see them.
December 31st, 2007 at 3:16 pmI love to see the little downey woodpeckers in the winter! I don’t get them at my house for some reason, but they are everywhere else around here. Happy hunting, Angie!
January 1st, 2008 at 11:44 am