Bird Watching: Two woodpeckers, both males????, 0 by 9kittymom

9kittymom wrote:
Yesterday, my DH and I were sitting outside and a woodpecker came to this dead tree and started making a call. Then another answered from far away and then they both came to the branch.

They then started doing a 'dance' with weaving, bobbing and throaty calls. It looked like a mating dance, however, they both have red on them and I thought that meant they were males. so was it a mating dance or a war dance? LOL

Here is a youTube video of it too. I am going to post another one, but it takes a loooong time for me to do that, so I will try to get that done tomorrow. http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXVTB45dL0

Here is a still picture of the two of them in the tree.

Susan
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