Date: 7/24/26 5:06 am From: Jim Williams via groups.io <woodduck38...> Subject: Re: [sd-birds] Feather
In SD I’ve watched red- heads. take moths on the wing. Good photo op. I’ll
send one.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 6:54 AM Jeff Hansen via groups.io <jeff.hansen.sd=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Yesterday there were no moths in my moth trap. I figured something got in
> and ate them. Today I found this feather. I really think it's a red-headed
> woodpecker feather. I've seen them at the trap. I was just curious about
> other people's opinion. The following link has a couple pictures of the
> feather. The moth trap is a kind of like a fish trap with a funnel at one
> end and I think the birds go up in the funnel, take the moths and then exit.
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> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/384522372 >
> Jeff Hansen
> https://www.youtube.com/BackyardBirdsUS >
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