More Red-bellied Woodpeckers!!

This morning I saw a first for our front yard. We had two female and one male Red-bellied Woodpecker; in fact, they were in the same tree at the same time, hopping around and chasing each other. I saw them there for only 30 seconds or so before they flew off accross the road, so I was unable to get any pictures.

Over the past few months, we've occasionally had two male Red-bellied in the yard at the same time, but this is the first time we've had two females. Maybe the local population of Red-bellied Woodpeckers is on the rise? Or, maybe some of these individuals are the babies from the family we saw in our yard last summer (there was a pair of adults with two or three juveniles in tow)?

In any case, hopefully two of these birds will pair up and decide to use on of the nesting boxes we've put up for them!!


-posted by Dave-