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These guys are reliable year-round visitors to my suet feeder. They are usually kind enough to alert me to their presence with their squawky call so that I can see them and not miss their visit. Such cordial neighbors!

@EchotaisHealing

3 жыл бұрын

That's so sweet of them!

@dcav448

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! It's like he's saying "Hey, I'm going to swing by for a snack, ok?"

@georgettabusler6805

2 жыл бұрын

I notice when one shows up at my feeder and starts his 'squawking' other woodpeckers show up- notably downy and hairy variety. It's like 'okay, guys, buffet is OPEN!'.

@metalmamasue3680

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I love having them around. They're quite vocal about their presence and the males one call sounds like a small dog yapping. I have red bellys, downys and hairys all year round here in PA, north of Harrisburg. They enjoy the suet cakes more than the seeds but they do eat both. Enjoy your birds, I know I sure do. They're quite entertaining with their daily drama 😆

@listarr4216

2 жыл бұрын

The one that visits me kinda stays out of the way and squawk for food… It comes out a little more but gets the nuts and leave cuz it’s so much competition with other birds such as Blue Jays, Cardinals, and others

Ours...named Woody, of course, comes daily, and if a squirrel, or too many other birds are at our feeders and trays, he drills loudly on our gutters in frustration. I think he’s also trying to run them off with the loud noise. We love his personality!

@jaybrown4753

3 жыл бұрын

The ones in my neighborhood in western Suffolk county long island like hitting on our chimney covers.

@EchotaisHealing

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I love that, so funny!

@valeriet4114

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaybrown4753 I am in Suffolk county too and get these on my suet feeder. Love their unique unmistakeable call. No drumming so far, thank goodness. Have a Carolina Wren who makes up for the noise with it's super-loud super-early morning chirp.

@stonedecarlo5973

Жыл бұрын

...lol..I have a Woody2, lol n he beats on the gutter 2let me know he's there, and he drills the gutter until I get there, then i throw him the Walnuts he's there for !0! And there are a dozen Squirrels and a family of baby raccoons that come here regularly, along with the blackbirds sparrows n blue Jays n Cardinals,..its truly a Blessing

We are fortunate to have northern flickers, downeys, hairys AND red bellied woodpeckers in our Niagara ravine. We are always excited when we hear the red bellied squack and see this bird come out of the pines to our peanut or suet feeders. When we see our red bellied woodpeckers someone in the house yells “BIG RED is here”.

I bought what Leslie called a nest box for a bat home. These birds widened the hole and lived in there 2 yrs ago. Ingenuity at its best

If red-headed is already in use, red-capped might make sense. It's not their entire head that's red after all, just the upper part and the sides... like a baseball cap!

@davidanderson3875

3 жыл бұрын

Red capped is what I was thinking

@thebluelunarmonkey

3 жыл бұрын

red-capped would also describe the pileated woodpecker.

@micahbirdlover8152

3 жыл бұрын

red caped dose make sense ☝️

@micahbirdlover8152

3 жыл бұрын

I really think so too 😃 it suits it's name

@kierank2505

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebluelunarmonkey Perhaps red-capped is still easier to recognise as the Pileated is not really capped but definitely ‘crested’ and the red-bellied definitely seems to sport a ‘cap’ rather than crest.

Talk about a misnomer! I get them at my feeders at work, and believe me, even the Blue Jays give way to them 😆

I don't worry about their name, but I enjoy seeing them on my feeders.

I love these guys. They always peck at grackles and starlings and keep them away. We always call the female Costanza because she has a hairline like a certain Seinfeld character...

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! That's hilarious! There's ALWAYS a Seinfeld reference for everything! Even though it was a show about nothing... 😆🤣😂

I love these little guys. They’re an uncommon, but wonderful sight back in Texas

@dkroberts1163

3 жыл бұрын

Love these guys and blessed to have them year round in my part of Texas!

@reigen_arataka_fan9681

2 жыл бұрын

@@dkroberts1163 same here

I’ve always thought “Red Mow-hawked Woodpecker” would be more appropriate!

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Omg that is good. I never saw the mohawk until you mentioned. I'll always see that now. Thanks for sharing that.

@mariashaffer-gordon3561

Жыл бұрын

I think the pileated woodpeckers have more of a mohawk than the red bellies do.

Yay I have one ☝🏽 too that’s comes over to my backyard feeder

I would call them the Bully Woodpecker. Lol! We have one and he IS King at my feeder! I even put seed on an old tree stump, which he seems to like a lot more, and he chases anyone else away til he is done eating. It's very entertaining!

@andreamarin4296

2 жыл бұрын

That is so funny! I have one or two that visit on and off but they doesn’t bully anyone. They seem very shy like my male cardinals!

@PHILKOBY

Жыл бұрын

Same thing in central New Jersey they don’t let anybody eat until they’re done 😂 even though it’s the other side of the suet feeder they go around and give it a strike and they know he means business 😁

@joekosciol2576

Жыл бұрын

Yup same here!❤

I’m so blessed to have them in my backyard! They’re so beautiful! They love Peanuts! Thank you so much for this beautiful video!

Sorry I know this about wood peckers.. but I just saw a hummingbird for the first time in person.. my thought this was so funny.. I'm from up north... he bought my a hummingbird feeder with nectar.. I see them everyday now!!!! Its my new obsession.. thank u for letting me share

@wtglb

3 жыл бұрын

I love them!!!

I like your idea of the Zebra-backed woodpecker.😊

@Rodzilla5332

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard them misidentified as a zebra backed woodpecker as well. Even though Cornell Labs has no such description.

@thebluelunarmonkey

3 жыл бұрын

good one!

Woodpeckers are amazing And funny too

Red-capped Woodpecker may work for this beautiful bird. Thank you, Leslie!

Woodpeckers have four talons; two in the front and two in the back, which help them grab the tree trunk and stay vertical.

@BirdsandGhibliFan

3 жыл бұрын

They have zygodactyl feet, much like their distant cousins, toucans.

Looks a lot like a flicker. Cool video thank you

Im lucky enough to have red headed, red bellied and hairy woodpeckers that frequent my porch. Glad im not the only one who thinks the names are confusing lol.

I know they are as far north as central New York. I have been enjoying them for a few years. A very talkative bird. You can hear them before you will see them.

I get these here in New Jersey. My resident male Casimir loves to drum on the transformers. I call them Red-Naped Woodpeckers, but your idea of Zebra-Backed Woodpecker is definitely a good candidate!

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Haha too funny. I had a Male northern flicker who would do the same thing. 😆 red-naped is a really good name.

Im in NE PA, see them all the time, I even have the big guy. I saw a bluebird the other day, this spring has been great for the birds.

I do so love all your videos which are packed full of information. Thank you so much.

@sallyannmartinez2634

2 жыл бұрын

I had to search for videos like these to learn more about what type of woodpecker I saw today. Seems like a Red Bullied Woodpecker area of Miramar, Florida. Felt blessed to have a chance to see one.

I love my woodpeckers here in Florida.

I love woodpeckers . They are so beautiful

@micahbirdlover8152

3 жыл бұрын

me too😃

This bird is very attractive~ I prefer the Zebra-backed Woodpecker to the Red-bellied Woodpecker…💯❣️ Thank you for sharing this informative video! 🤗👍 🔆AniFam〽️

These birds are year round visitors to my feeders. Love watching them.

Hello Lesley. Maybe you can do a video on protecting habitat. Identification of nesting trees (dead Birches). I'm starting a homestead and watching your videos I look for all signs before cutting trees

I love those woodpeckers! 🤗👍💙🦜

👍😎 yes Leslie zebra would be it 🇺🇸

This is one of the best channels on KZread. My son and I get exact when tbe notification pops up!

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

How kind of you to say that. 🤗 I'm so glad you and your son enjoy seeing the videos pop up in your notifications. Thanks alot for watching.

We see them year round in central Vermont. They love the suet. I like to think that we are helping them expand north.

They sure do love popcorn... ❤

We have a male that visits our feeder every day, he’s my favorite bird to watch.

I have one that comes to see me every day. He's very polite and likes to wait on my fence for other visitors to my birdfeeder to move on before landing.

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Aww how cute.

@JamieYAYme

3 жыл бұрын

That's funny because I have a few red bellied here in the woods, and when one of them come to eat, he just plops down instantly on a feeder and it makes all the other birds fly off into the tree. It's a little funny because he only does it to the cow-birds. Which I fully support 😂

You can really see their red belly when they are feathered out. I have both red bellied and red-headed in my area.

I have a female who regularly visits my feeders. Thanks for educating us! Red capped woodpecker!

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome and great name idea too. Thanks for the nice comment.

We have tons of them here in North Texas. Sooo cute. They're more noticeable in winter though

I love these guys. I've seen them everywhere from Florida to Central Ohio. I used to put suet out for them but they like peanuts better so I just put those out. Also lots of sunflower seeds, black oilers and the striped mammoth ones. They like those too.😁

Really interesting and I thought the same thing about their name. We've been lucky here in the Ottawa area as there seem to be a few resident Red-bellied Woodpeckers seen regularly. I nominate a new name to be Red-crowned Woodpecker - more along the same lines as the Black-crowned Night Heron. :)

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Red-crowned, that's a really good name. I like it. Pretty awesome about you having these guys in your area.

@tommurphree5630

2 жыл бұрын

A guy a few comments up suggested red capped . Both yours and his seem worthy contenders .

Central PA is loaded with them. Wonderful birds.

Hi this is Linda in Central Florida- Ocala😊 thanks so much for this video! I agree with your name as the zebra striped back woodpecker as I could never figure out why they were called the red-bellied either. These are very prevalent in my area in Central Florida as well as the Red-headed Woodpecker, which is one of my most favorite Birds. If you can actually see them- the redheaded woodpecker- in Flight-the way the color pattern is on their wings with that brilliant redhead-it is a sight to behold🙏they are beautiful😊thanks so much again:-)

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I can just imagine what the red-headed woodpecker looks like in flight. Such a striking woodpecker. Thanks for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend

@micahbirdlover8152

2 жыл бұрын

@@LesleytheBirdNerd do ever see great blue heron 🤔

Beautiful woodpecker..thanks for sharing the information

Such a beauty!!! God, knew what he was doing when he created birds. I saw one her in Houston, Texas a few years, ago.

I have a regular red bellied that comes around everytime I give my crows peanuts. Him and the swarm of blue jays are always first on the scene. He takes no flack from the jays when they try to confront him.

Someone in the Audubon club I hang out with suggested they should be called red-naped woodpeckers since all of them have a red nape. It is a different shade of red from the red-headed woodpecker.

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Its definitely a much more fitting name. Thanks for sharing that information, I never realized the difference between the forehead and nape. Thanks for mentioning that.

@micahbirdlover8152

2 жыл бұрын

@@LesleytheBirdNerd I like red headed woodpecker 😊

commenting before watching because i know this is already gonna be a banger. much love lesley

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

🤗 Aww, how of kind of you. Thank you 🐦

@BirdsandGhibliFan

3 жыл бұрын

I love your profile picture, too, Elliott. 😁🐦

They got a little bit of an attitude , compared to more docile members of the family..which is a good thing especially at the feeders.. always the dominant species at mine..love how they stand their ground against the starling hoard too.!!!

I always thought “Black & White-Backed Woodpecker would be perfect for them. I love these birds. They are ample near me.

I have a male that comes to my tree.closest to.my.house.almost daily. I hear his call.and go watch hime.come.down the tree to my suet. Love these birds!

Is there already a 'Red-naped' woodpecker? Or 'Red-necked' Woodpecker would be hilarious! Thank you for featuring one of my favorites, they're at my bird-feeder daily; but never saw them as a kid, so glad they're doing well and expanding.

@joeytofil2259

Жыл бұрын

Male yellow bellied sapsuckers do have very red necks :)

Love your videos Leslie! As to a name: a combination. Red headed Zebra back.

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

That is another good name. There has been a few great suggestions in the comments. Thanks for sharing yours.

The feathers on their back look a bit like tree bark, which could have been used to create a name for them

Beautiful brid.

nothing like your channel. It absolutely rocks.!!!

Very nice, thanks for sharing! I too would like to see one.

These nest in my yard every year. Zebra backed woodpecker would be a good name. I like barred back as well. I also thought that was a poor name choice as well.

@dorleneanderson2411

3 жыл бұрын

Where do you live?

@AlphaQHard

2 жыл бұрын

They do the same on my property, along with American robins and dark eyed juncos. I live in Pennsylvania

We have several Red-bellied woodpeckers that visit our yard regularly (Richmond, Virginia). I call one of them, Peanut Girl because she prefers peanuts to the suet that the other woodpeckers eat. Peanut Girl goes straight to the seed feeders and digs through the various seeds, tossing them away until she finds a peanut. Once she snags one, she flies off into the trees to eat it. She will return and repeat this performance several times each morning. If I put out the red pepper flavored suet, she will grab a chunk of that and fly off with it.

Love these guys! Thanks for sharing Lesley! I never really understood why they called them that.

April 29, 2023 I have these birds throughout the year. Wood peckers are fascinating. There are some lovely ones but the name and habits make it in my thoughts one of the more beautiful ones. Look at the graceful way she is around the head and neck. Gorgeous bird.

Just saw one while parked waiting for my parents . So pretty it was singing to me for a bit

Again Leslie, you've produced another classic documentary. Thank you.

Have them in my backyard - Georgian Bay, Ontario

@sandrabenner5698

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky!! Georgian Bay, Midland side or Collingwood side?

I love these guys. We have a male & female who frequent our feeders here in NW Pennsylvania. Our land is a perfect environment for them, as we have wild grapes & berries in Summer & a fair amount of dead woods. They're so beautiful though. Their growing up juvenile has just begun coming around as well. The Dad though, he's a bit of a bully but we still adore him.

One of these birds started coming to my feeders here in midcoast Maine this spring. A really neat bird to watch. Thank you for the info on their name.

We get these beauties in New Hampshire. They are very shy though.

Thanks Terry 🙂

I live in northern New York and I have them come to my feeders all the time.

I live in Ypsilanti Michigan and we have them in my backyard trees. I love hearing them. They sound to me like being on some wild jungle safari or something. 🥰🥰. Except when he pecks on my chimney top. 😳

I have a red bellied woodpecker visiting me daily in the Catskills mountains in NY. My mother saw him and said there is a woodpecker with a red head at suet. I said that is the red bellied woodpecker, at which she said what red belly. thank you for clearing up the name as the red belly is so hard to notice. You might have also cleared up my hummingbird feeder issue, I fill up feeder and all the food disappears before end of day. I did catch him sitting on top of feeder never though he might be trying to get the food. Love your name of zebra backed woodpecker, more appropriate. He is also friendly does not fly away so quickly when he sees me.

Red capped woodpecker ...then it would not infringe on the red headed. Thanks Lesley for the video, I have red bellys at my flat feeder every day here in Florida south of Tampa Bay. The thing that surprised me in the last 2 springs is, for about a week I had beautiful Red breasted Grosebeeks. It was a blessing to have them as they worked their way back up north.

What a cute bird, we dont get them here either but they seem charming and so adorable 💖

We have a family of them living near my house. We feed them every day and I must say that I love seeing them! They are BEAUTIFUL!.

Amazing way to start long weekend. Thanks Miss Nerd. I have lots of these guys around my Ottawa area home

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

🤗 awe thank you. Enjoy the long weekend. 🐦

I think Red Hooded Woodpecker would be a better name!

I had one visit me yesterday, he was enjoying the food in the bird feeder.

I always wondered about their name too, and even though they came to my feeders regularly when I lived in upstate New York, I never got to see their lower bellies so was mystified until your video! My field guide called several of these woodpeckers and flickers "ladder-backed", so that might be another possible name... but even though "red-headed" is already in use, "red-capped" might have been a more accurate name (though perhaps also easy to confuse). In any case, lovely birds and a lovely and educational video as always!

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

That is a great suggestion too, Ladder-backed, I also like the red-capped one. Thanks for giving your own thoughts. Glad you enjoyed the video 🐦

one of the few birds at my feeder that fight off the starlings

I have one of those in my backyard in Tennessee!! He’s a biggin!!! He loves peanut and mealworm suet, but eats corn and shelled peanuts too!! They are beautiful birds!!!

Beautiful.thanks for sharing

Lovely, indeed! They also have a distinctive cry. I had one in my backyard today (Texas)

I like their colors and they are entertaining to watch.

Red capped woodpecker would be more suitable

When I first saw this bird, “Oh look! A Red-headed Woodpecker!” So, that night, I looked up the bird, and found an article with pictures of the same exact bird I saw, but it went by a different name: the Red-BELLIED Woodpecker. I was so confused, but then I finally found out why after going down a research rabbit-hole. I usually hear them before I see them, but when I do see them, they are a wonderful sight. I hear and see them all the time here.

I have one that comes to my feeders nearly everyday

5:20 Thank you for that bit about Nuthatches. We have a group of nuthatches that will visit every now and then and take whole peanuts in the shell. The nut is almost a third of their own length and yet they will carry them away anyway! They will peck a hole in the shell and then use that hole to grip it in their beak to carry it off. It's so cute! Since they do this, we have never been able to watch them eat it so I was very happy to see that in this video!

@LesleytheBirdNerd

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! I know don't they look funny going off with peanuts?! Everything they do seems to be adorable. Glad you enjoyed getting to see them eat in this video. Thanks for the nice comment

I have 4 red bellied woodpeckers coming to our feeders, 2 females and 2 males. I named the females Scarlet and Grey, the latter having a gray band where the red on her head ends. I found Grey’s nest when walking around my backyard and I cannot wait to see her young hatch and fledge. They’re probably my favorite woodpecker because they have such distinct personalities. I’d personally name the red bellieds the red-naped woodpecker though. I’ve seen the red headed on a trip to Georgia and they’re also beautiful, I wish we had them in our Ohio yard. I’ve heard they are locally common and have seen them at our golf course. Maybe one will choose to call our yard and the patch of trees behind it home one day 😄

Always exciting to see the woodpeckers in the back yard!

Beautiful bird. I always wondered why they had that name. Zebra backed woodpecker! Would be a good name. Someone thought it would be fun to give give the bird that name red belly. Lol! 😁

We've got several of these guys at our house. They enjoy the black sunflowers seeds.

These large beautiful birds are alive and well in Southern New York. I've been seeing them for no less than 7 years now. They're lovely.

My started coming over during this past winter 🥶 ❄️

Speaking of birds... a couple of chickadees built a nest in our birdhouse this spring and when the chicks fledged,two bluebirds showed up a day after and moved in. So hopefully, we will have 2 bird family's living in the same birdhouse during one summer season. I just think that is SO COOL. Speaking of a yellow-bellied woodpecker, theres one in our neighborhood that goes from one gutter to another doing that machine-gun drumming. I laugh so hard every time I hear him. Woodpeckers are truly natural born entertainers! Sorry I got off the subject but my heart is in the perfect place!🎶

My favs are Woodpeckers especially the pileated woodpecker and blue birds then cardinals. ✌️♥️😁🤔🦋🙏🐻🌈🌹💛😄👀🌻🧚🍀⛲

I get lots of these in my backyard! They’re probably the biggest birds I get at my feeder. So entertaining! 😁

A few stop by my house fairly often bc I feed the blues peanuts. 💙 Very smart birds. One is still scared of me and will use his wings to blow off peanuts off my window ceil. Beautiful birds ❤️

I have to say I truly do enjoy seeing them daily. They're so striking! Also ... they do eat suet cakes any day of the year. I can't help but favor over the Downy.

Regular visitors to my yard (NJ). Even if you can't see them, you can certainly hear them - they are LOUD!