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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: greyowl51 on March 07, 2013, 09:25:24 AM

Title: Black-backed Woodpecker in Algonquin Provincial Park
Post by: greyowl51 on March 07, 2013, 09:25:24 AM

This past weekend, Jean and I sighted a Three-toed Black-backed Woodpecker in Algonquin Provincial Park, on March 2nd at 3 pm.  Blog posting with video at: http://frametoframe.ca/black-backed-woo ... cial-park/ (http://frametoframe.ca/black-backed-woodpecker-sighted-algonquin-provincial-park/)

Title: Re: Black-backed Woodpecker in Algonquin Provincial Park
Post by: Palo on March 07, 2013, 10:22:11 AM

Nice find!  Never saw one on these before.  Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Black-backed Woodpecker in Algonquin Provincial Park
Post by: cloaca on March 07, 2013, 11:06:06 AM

American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers are two separate species; this is the latter.  Nice shot!