Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Red-headed Woodpecker

Cornell’s All About Birds

Fox Chase October 15, 2017
Photo by Kevin Heffernan

Fox Chase October 15, 2017
Photo by Kevin Heffernan

Ellicott City
May 7, 2014
Photo by Bonnie Ott

Ellicott City
May 7, 2014
Photo by Bonnie Ott

Mount Pleasant
October 9, 2010
Photo by Kevin Heffernan

Mount Pleasant
October 9, 2010
Photo by Kevin Heffernan

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

Patuxent Branch Trail
May 2, 2020
Photo by Richard Peters

Patuxent Branch Trail
May 2, 2020
Photo by Richard Peters

April 21, 2020
Rivers Edge
Joanne Castro

Rivers Edge
April 21, 2020
Photo by Joanne Castro

Red-headed Woodpecker

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.