Comments on: In my backyard: A red-headed friend and a pair of love birds http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/ News and events in Southborough, MA Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:41:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sheryn http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14707 Sheryn Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:10:25 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14707 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. 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.

]]> By: MImi22 http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14637 MImi22 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:38:20 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14637 I think you're giving a helpless little bird a hard time! Wink, wink, nod, nod! I think you’re giving a helpless little bird a hard time! Wink, wink, nod, nod!

]]> By: susan http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14636 susan Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:35:08 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14636 Hmm. I still think it's false advertising. :) Hmm. I still think it’s false advertising. :)

]]> By: MImi22 http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14635 MImi22 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:30:08 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14635 I thought the same thing, but look closely at his belly. There is a small red patch in the white feathers! I thought the same thing, but look closely at his belly. There is a small red patch in the white feathers!

]]> By: susan http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14634 susan Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:24:14 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14634 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. 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.

]]> By: MImi22 http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14633 MImi22 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:13:55 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14633 The second are a pair of mouring doves, the first a red-bellied woodpecker! Aren't they beautiful! The second are a pair of mouring doves, the first a red-bellied woodpecker! Aren’t they beautiful!

]]> By: John Kendall http://www.mysouthborough.com/2010/03/02/in-my-backyard-a-red-headed-friend-and-a-pair-of-love-birds/#comment-14632 John Kendall Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:12:19 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=15056#comment-14632 That is a woodpecker. In fact, it's a Red Bellied Woodpecker. The others are Mourning Doves That is a woodpecker. In fact, it’s a Red Bellied Woodpecker. The others are Mourning Doves

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