Red-bellied woodpecker (female)
Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.
Red-bellied are supposed to be quite common here, but this is the first one I've seen in a long time.
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Funny, it looks like the neck is the red part.
Kind of a misnomer. Some do have faint red bellies. They probably would have called it a red-headed woodpecker, but that name was already taken.
Red crowned woodpecker?
Redne'cker
This is the one. Redneck Woodpeck.
I am in the area and I've all types here, including the big Pileated ones, I've a pair that nests here every spring. Plus the smaller ones, I usually only see them in the first part of the year, sometimes the winter though.