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Red Headed Woodpecker sighting at Black Lake

Posted by Jennifer Sigmon,
North Country explorer from Asbury Park NJ
June 29, 2026

I was on my porch when I spotted this beauty in a plum tree. I have never seen one here around the lake. Have you? What a beautiful bird. Red Headed Woodpecker