Woodpeckers

 English: Red-headed Woodpecker

 Japanese: zuaka kitsutsuki

 Latin: Melanerpes erythrocephalus

 Date: APR/2003

 Location: Atlanta, GA

 Size: L = 23 cm, WS =  43 cm

Photo by Wayne Nicholas

 

 English: Red-bellied Woodpecker

 Japanese: shimasegera

 Latin: Melanerpes carolinus

 Date: 27/JAN/01

 Location: Russ Pitman Park, Bellaire, Texas

 Size: L = 23cm, WS = 40cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

English: Downy Woodpecker

 Japanese: sejirokogera

 Latin: Picoides pubescens

 Date: 25/NOV/2001

 Location: Cedar Hill Park, Chambers County, Texas

 Size: L =  17cm, WS = 30cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Note: She did not pay attention to us humans. She was busy chiseling the tree. Look at the damage!

 English: Downy Woodpecker

 Japanese: sejiro kogera

 Latin: Picoides pubescens

 Date: 17/MAR/2002

 Location: Bear Creek Park, Houston, Texas

 Size: L = 17cm, WS = 30cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Note: These two birds played together for as long as I watched.

 English: Pygmy Woodpecker

 Japanese: kogera

 Latin: Dendrocopos kizuki

 Location: Shakujii Park, Tokyo, Japan

 Date: 3/MAY/1994

 Photo by Makoto Furuya

  English: Pileated Woodpecker

 Japanese: eboshi kumagera

 Latin: Dryocopus pileatus

 Date: 23/FEB/2002

 Location: Bear Creek Park, Houston, Texas

 Size: L = 42cm, WS = 74cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 English: Northern Flicker

 Japanese: hashiboso kitsutsuki

 Latin: Colaptes auratus

 Date: 17/MAR/2002

 Location: E. Moore Nature Sanctuary, Houston, Texas

 Size: L = 32cm, WS = 51cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto