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Great Spotted Woodpecker

 

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Mother teaches young Woody to eat from the peanut feeder

She "looks daggers" at him if he forgets his table manners

Home is a hole in a tree

The male great spotted woodpecker has a red patch on the back of his head
     

The adult female great spotted woodpecker doesn't have a red patch on the back of her head

The juvenile has a full red cap
   

                                         

     
   
   
 

Juvenile great spotted woodpecker

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