You all were so helpful last time in identifying my backyard birds — much better and more fun than a bird book, really — so here are a couple more for you. I suspect these might be easy ones.
A woodpecker, perhaps?
And these two who visit every couple days and are always together. They never stray very far from each other. It’s quite sweet. I’m guessing some kind of dove or pigeon.
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That is a woodpecker. In fact, it’s a Red Bellied Woodpecker. The others are Mourning Doves
The second are a pair of mouring doves, the first a red-bellied woodpecker! Aren’t they beautiful!
John and Mimi22 tie for the fastest response!
But here’s the next question. Why is it called a red-bellied woodpecker? Doesn’t look like there’s a stitch of red on its belly.
I thought the same thing, but look closely at his belly. There is a small red patch in the white feathers!
Hmm. I still think it’s false advertising.
I think you’re giving a helpless little bird a hard time! Wink, wink, nod, nod!
I have a red-bellied woodpecker at my suet cage as well as a norther flicker. They resemble each other, so I have to look more than once to make sure which one is there.