Episode 34: Red-Headed Woodpecker – Voice of the Wild

Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). The only midwestern woodpecker with a head that’s red from nape to throat. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the Newsletter Listen online on our Homepage  The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: Red-headed woodpecker "WEIRD!" call by Geoffrey A. Keller ( ML507275) Red-headed woodpecker staccato call by Benjamin Clock (ML507273) Red-headed woodpecker "hoarse laugh" with hammering by Robert C. Stein and William W. H. Gunn (ML507276) Red-headed woodpecker hammer by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML507277)  Sources and more: https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/animals/bird/meer/all.html#57  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-headed_Woodpecker https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-headed-woodpecker Dobson, Colin et al. Field Guide to Hotspots and Birds in Illinois. Champaign-Urbana: Scissortail LLC, 2023. Print. Godfrey, Michael A, John Farrand, and Roger Tory Peterson. Videoguide to the Birds of North America. New York, N.Y: MasterVision, 1985. Film. Peterson, Roger Tory, and Virginia Marie Peterson. A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Print. Sibley, David. Sibley Birds East: Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Print.