In the first two photos the Red-cockaded Woodpecker is peaking out of its hole in the tree. This was a short time after sunrise. It flew out of the hole to a nearby tree. About 10 minutes later, as we were about to leave the area, a fellow birder waved us down, as he had sighted a Red-cockaded Woodpecker pecking on a nearby tree. This woodpecker is shown in the last three photos.
We can ID this woodpecker as a Red-cockaded Woodpecker by its black cap and nape which encircle large white cheeks, bold black and white horizontal stripes on its back and barred flanks.
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 516.
