We love it when we spot a new visitor to the garden. On Sunday October 13, 2012 around bird feeding time (between 4:30 and 5) a red bellied woodpecker was spotted on the peanut feeder. There was just time to snap a few photos through the kitchen door. This is a medium sized woodpecker with a black and white back described as zebra like.
![redbellied4a](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/redbellied4a.jpg)
The male has the red head from beak down its back neck. The female has a red patch on the back of the head.
![redbellied5a](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/redbellied5a.jpg)
Since then the red bellied woodpecker has been a regular visitor to the feeders in the garden.
![red bellied woodpecker at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/redbellied16ff.jpg)
This brings our total of different species to 5 … red bellied,downy, hairy, red headed, pileated.
![the red bellied woodpecker at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/24aprredbellied1a.jpg)
In July 2023 there was a leucistic red bellied woodpecker at the feeders. This one had a totally white head. Nature never fails to amaze me.
![leucistic red bellied woodpecker visiting craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/leucisticredbellied1a.jpg)
![garden line](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/garden.gif)
Unusual bird visitors: