Photo Gallery SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

Each fall since 2006, the South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have released 10 red-cockaded woodpeckers, 5 males and 5 females, in wild areas such as DuPuis Management Area and the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area. Presently, there are 16 birds in the DuPuis population, including two that fledged in 2010. Since 2006, six birds have fledged from nests in DuPuis.

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife

SFWMD, FWC released red-cockaded woodpeckers to benefit wildlife