{"id":131685,"date":"2024-08-02T02:37:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T07:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=131685"},"modified":"2025-08-10T06:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:47:42","slug":"hatch-year-red-bellied-woodpecker-with-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/02\/hatch-year-red-bellied-woodpecker-with-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatch year Red-bellied Woodpecker With Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

After I photographed the Ruby-throated Hummingbird<\/span><\/a> I shared yesterday, I focused on a hatch year Red-bellied Woodpecker with some kind of prey in their bill.<\/p>\n

\"HatchHatch year Red-bellied Woodpecker \u2013 Canon R7, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 1250, -0.7 EV, Canon 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I can’t tell if the prey the young Red-bellied Woodpecker had was an ant, a spider, or a spider that mimics ants.<\/p>\n

What I do know is that I was excited to have this woodpecker in my viewfinder. Now that the Eastern Bluebird chick has fledged<\/span><\/a>, the adult bluebirds aren’t chasing away this species of woodpecker, jays, or other birds that get close to the nest box they nested in anymore.<\/p>\n

This hatch-year Red-bellied Woodpecker was a distance from the nest box. It was neat to see the young bird foraging on the ground.<\/p>\n

Regarding this immature woodpecker’s gender, I believe he is a male. The fresh red feathers on the top of his head wouldn’t be there if this bird were a female.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I appreciate being corrected because that is how I learn.<\/p>\n

I hope to see this young woodpecker again. For the few minutes I watched him foraging on the ground, he fascinated me. He actually reminded me of watching Northern Flickers as they foraged for ants on the ground in my garden in Virginia.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see this Red-bellied Woodpecker<\/span><\/a> yesterday, but who knows, maybe I will see him sometime this morning!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Red-bellied Woodpecker photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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