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This morning, adult Red-bellied Woodpeckers fed begging fledglings in a tree outside my kitchen window. Red-bellied fledglings have brown heads for a few weeks before slowly molting into bright red adult head colors.

I'm also reporting a plant oddity I stumbled upon recently. An albino Common Milkweed - a plant lacking chlorophyl. I would guess this plant to be a genetic dead end, but for it's brief season it has its own odd beauty.

Research indicates that albino plants may live as parasites on other plants, stealing nutrients through their root system.

This picture gives a better idea of the oddness of this plant than wolrds could ever convey.

John