I never tire of watching the aerial acrobatics of swallows as they swoop over fields, darting back and forth to snap up flying insects. With their smooth, flowing flight and
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It’s likely no mystery that observing red-headed woodpeckers is a rarity given the stark statistic from the North American Breeding Bird Survey: this species has declined by over 2% per year since 1966 and has had a cumulative population decline of 70%.
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Watch red-headed woodpeckers for any length of time and you’ll begin to notice behavioral differences that set them apart from other woodpeckers. (Linda Jones/Public Domain Pictures)
The last time I saw a red-headed woodpecker was about 20 years ago in northern Beltrami County near Kelliher. That is, until just a few days ago here at home next to Assawa Lake, where a lone red-headed woodpecker spent about 10 minutes scaling a couple of bur oak trees in the backyard.
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Observing the beautiful bird took me back to my boyhood days on my family’s Otter Tail County dairy farm, where it was commonplace to see this beautiful woodpecker.
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