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Identification help!
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Posted by
Anthony Pollard
on April 8, 2016 at 3:21 PM
Once saw a pilated woodpecker near this area but have several times seen this bird emerging from the hole in a dead cypress tree on the northern gulf coast. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted by
Jim DeWitt
on April 8, 2016 at 4:32 PM
Not a lot of field marks there, but by bill color and shape, shiny black and habitat, you've got a Eurasian Starling in breeding plumage.
Posted by
Anthony Pollard
on April 8, 2016 at 6:24 PM
Thank you, Jim! This is an unusual sight and bird for me, especially emerging from what I consider to be a "woodpecker" hole.
Posted by
Richard Ditch
on April 10, 2016 at 7:55 PM
They are notorious cavity nest thieves and have done a lot of damage to native species.
Here's one that has stolen a Gila Woodpecker cavity in a saguaro cactus in AZ.
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3 repliesHere's one that has stolen a Gila Woodpecker cavity in a saguaro cactus in AZ.