They prefer to stay in deciduous forests or suburban areas and are commonly attracted to bird feeders, particularly containing peanuts and sunflower seeds. They get their name from a slightly tinted area on their bellies that looks like someone rubbed blush on them. The rest of their body is an interesting crosshatch of black and white stripes. This can cause some amateur bird watchers to label them as red-headed, since their bellies hardly look red sometimes. Red-bellied woodpeckers have hardly identifiable red hues to their bellies, and what’s more, the male red-bellied woodpeckers have red heads. Red-bellied woodpeckers arguably go against their name in a confusing manner. Here are the seven species of common woodpecker species in Ohio. Ohio’s large amount of wooded areas and suburban areas offer a lot of available habitats for local woodpeckers, and a lot of great opportunities for local bird watchers. Some great trails and parks to view woodpeckers in Ohio include, but are not limited to This makes them of particular interest to Ohio bird watchers who don’t have many options throughout the winter (other than the Cardinal bird!) Woodpeckers are also different from many Ohio birds in that you can see many of them throughout the winter – no vacation to Florida for these tough species. The woodpeckers have a remarkable ability to excavate their own home within trees.Ĭertain habitats within Ohio are more attractive to woodpecker life, such as coniferous forests, swamp land, and even suburban areas if you’re lucky. These woodpeckers all enjoy varying climates and habitats.įor example, many of them are cavity nesters, meaning that they dwell in the cavities of trees. The most commonly occurring woodpecker species is the downy woodpecker.
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