Red-headed Woodpecker

Cornell’s All About Birds

Fox Chase October 15, 2017
Photo by Kevin Heffernan

Howard Chapel Road
November 26, 2025
Photo by Gregg Petersen

Immature
Mount Pleasant
October 9, 2010
Photo by Kevin Heffernan

Nest site
A E Mullinix Road
July 4, 2021
Sue Muller

In January, 2017, one bird appeared at Fox Chase. Because it is an area visited by birders, that single individual was tracked through the remainder of winter and well into spring. Fortunately, Jeff Culler made an effort to check regularly, and when a mate showed up on June 1 of that year, he tracked the pair during the entire breeding cycle through two nestings.

Recording of the rattle call of the Red-headed Woodpecker to help you locate it. David Cummings at Howard Chapel Road, June 25, 2023.