melanerpes (from melanos, black, and herpes, a creeper) carolinus (of Carolina)
Wednesday, October 3, 1979 — 1:00 pm
Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center
I waited out a rain shower in the blind on Bulrush Pond. After the rain stopped, I spotted this Red-bellied Woodpecker. It was tapping high in a tree in the woods between the pond and the trail. It remained there for a few minutes then took off. It landed on one of the dead tree trunks in the swampy end of the pond.