February 28, 2006
Tuesday

Ketchikan, Alaska - Woodpeckers occupy much of the forested regions of Alaska. according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, seven species of woodpeckers are found in Alaska: the northern flicker, red-breasted sapsucker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, hairy, downy, three-toed, and black-backed woodpeckers.

Woodpeckers with red heads, necks, and chests are red-breasted sapsuckers. They occur only in Southeast Alaska and are uncommon even there according to the ADF&G. This red-breasted sapsucker was recently photographed at Ward Lake.

On the Web:

Woodpeckers
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/bird/woodpeck.php

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