Red-bellied woodpecker stopped by my porch

[Walleye]

[2naSalit]

1. Funny how...

They are called that and they don't have red bellies.

[Walleye]

2. They do have red bellies, sort of like a blush

[2naSalit]

3. It's hard to see...

When the red on their head is so intense. Maybe it's just the pictures.

[Walleye]

4. Maybe named after the belly because all woodpeckers have bright red heads

[2naSalit]

5. Uhhh...

That makes sense.

[Donkees]

6. There are other red-headed, red-capped, bar-patterned, woodpeckers - the blush belly is

their distinguishing feature.

[Walleye]

8. That's it, nice pic

[Walleye]

7. We have yellow-bellied sapsuckers around here sometimes, now that's a funny name

[LakeArenal]

9. Who is often confused with a flicker. Which it is not.

[Walleye]

10. Yes we have flickers too, they nest around here I've seen juveniles,

I’ve seen them feeding on the ants in the roots of the trees and they really do flick them in the air