I have an image of this year's Red Headed Woodpecker. It's not great but you can see what you need to for this question. Do they eat eggs of other birds? Are those eggs or fecal sacs? I watched it up in a tree and then it dove into some bushes. It came up on the dead tree with what you see in its mouth. I think it robbed eggs from another bird's nest, but I'm not sure. I don't think it was around its own nest hole to remove fecal sacs. It had been in a green tree, not a dead one. Any ideas? It was the only time I was able to find the bird this year.
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