'Flying Checkerboard' a delight to watch

Authors

  • Donna Gamache

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/bluejay8

Keywords:

redheaded woodpecker, woodpecker, birds, biology, birdwatching, ornithology

Abstract

Have you seen a 'flying checkerboard' recently? That is one of the names for the Redheaded Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). With its crimson head, snow-white body, and black and white wings, I can see why it is called this, especially when it is flying.

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Published

2017-09-15

How to Cite

Gamache, D. (2017). ’Flying Checkerboard’ a delight to watch. Blue Jay, 75(3), 5. https://doi.org/10.29173/bluejay8

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 3 (2017): Fall 2017

Section

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