# @pittsburghpg on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMS5f49yB1T
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32565408-pittsburghpg-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-19T16:00:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@pittsburghpg) — https://gondola.cc/pittsburghpg

## Caption

Recently observed quick flashes of white — different than the blurs from the six other species of woodpeckers in the state — are a welcome sight in Allegheny County as three pairs of red-headed woodpeckers are nesting in the county for the first time in at least 35 years.

The gorgeous woodpecker with a blood red head and checkerboard body with huge white wing patches against a black back is an uncommon sight statewide and a rare breeder in Allegheny County.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📝: Mary Ann Thomas/Post-Gazette
📸: Courtesy of Ron Chan

#pittsburgh #woodpecker #birding

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