Arizona
Gilded Flicker
Colaptes chrysoides
(L 11" WS 18" WT 3.9 oz)
Found in deserts of southwest
U.S., Mexico including all of
the Baja Peninsula.
U.S., Mexico including all of
the Baja Peninsula.
Saguaro West
Nat’l Forest
Nat’l Forest
15Nov2009
females
If builders built buildings the way
programmers wrote programs,
then the first woodpecker that
came along would destroy
civilization.
programmers wrote programs,
then the first woodpecker that
came along would destroy
civilization.
(Weinberg’s Second Law)
Colaptes in Greek means
chiseler; chrysoides in Greek
means like gold or golden.
chiseler; chrysoides in Greek
means like gold or golden.
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