Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Live from the dock
Active 1,414 minutes across 43 days since May 2026. Last heard today.
Heard todayHear the call
When you'll hear it
Most often heard in the morning, 8 to 11 a.m. Quiet overnight.
Minutes active by hour, as a table
| 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | NOON | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes active | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 302 | 290 | 155 | 133 | 84 | 37 | 34 | 20 | 25 | 52 | 46 | 57 | 55 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Across the year
Present from late-May through July. First heard this year on May 31.
Dock records
- First heard
- May 31, 2026 (first in our records)
- Busiest day
- 108 minutes on July 6, 2026
- Earliest call
- 6:10 a.m.
- Days detected
- 43 of 69 days monitored
Common questions
What time of day do you hear a Red-headed Woodpecker at Watts Bar Lake?
Most often heard in the morning, 8 to 11 a.m. Quiet overnight. These are the hours the dock microphones detect the Red-headed Woodpecker most often.
What time of year is the Red-headed Woodpecker at Watts Bar Lake?
Present from late-May through July. First heard this year on May 31. That window is when the Red-headed Woodpecker has been audible from the Watts Bar Lake dock.
Has the Red-headed Woodpecker been heard at Watts Bar Lake?
Yes. Active 1,414 minutes across 43 days since May 2026. Last heard today.
About the bird
The red-headed woodpecker is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America. Its breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the east-central United States. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature 's Red List of Endangered species, having been down-listed from near threatened in 2018.
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