Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus

f5 @ 1/8000s, ISO:1000, Nikon D3S w 500mm


"Acorn Woodpecker," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The acorn woodpecker's habitat is forested areas with oaks in the coastal areas and foothills of Oregon, California, and the southwestern United States, south through Central America to Colombia. This species may occur at low elevations in the north of its range, but rarely below 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in Central America, and it breeds up to the timberline. Nests are excavated in a large cavity in a dead tree or a dead part of a tree.
Madera Canyon, Green Valley, Arizona
 
04/26/2018