Inadvertantly, I stumbled across these Red-headed Woodpeckers building a nest in an old tree stump. I was quite surprised to see them removing a damaged egg. Observing that they were still drilling and removing wood chips, I can only assume that an egg was laid prematurely.

Oddly enought, I have documented this same behaviour with Pileated Woodpeckers. Visit my "Woodpecker (Pileated)" set to see similar behavior.

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