I finally found our local woodpecker on the tree out back just now, couldn't get a photo of him myself but this will show what he looks like. He has a red head but is not a redheaded woodpecker, he has a redish spot on his bellie so they named him the red-bellied woodpecker. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/REWO/
Like Eileen said, the birds we have locally become common place and we do not even think about other people not having them. I have only seen the one woodpecker. If/when our neighbors landlord takes down that dead tree, I may not see that one again. :'(
True about people not thinking about that, Bald Eagles have become an almost-common sight around here again in the last several years. And I love the gangly-legged Great Blue Herons. And my nightly visits from Henry, our resident barn owl.
