Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

 
Appearance:
Starling-sized woodpecker
Black crown and nap
White forehead, cheeks and throat
Black back, tail and wings
Large white patch on shoulder
Small white spots on wings
Buff-white upperparts
Red under tail
Black bill
Greenish-grey legs
Male: (photographed)
   Red spot on the nape
Juvenile:
   Red top of the head between the bill and the center of the crown

This is another of the striking birds I saw at the Wetlands yesterday.  Initially, I saw him gripping the bark of a tree and probing the trunk for insects.  Then, he decided to take the easy way out and moved over to the feeder. Lazy thing!

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