Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Melanerpes pucherani
(L 7.3" Wt 2.2 oz)
Rancho Naturalista
Baja
Baja
21Jan2023
© David L.
Ross, Jr
Ross, Jr
Macaulay
Library
Library
Melanerpes in Greek
means
black creeper.
black creeper.
© Wikipedia
Even the lonely woodpecker
owes his success to the fact
that he uses his head.
owes his success to the fact
that he uses his head.
(Joe Marcucci)
Male has a red crown...in females
it’s black...makes a high-pitched,
rattling chirr, chirr, chirr call.
it’s black...makes a high-pitched,
rattling chirr, chirr, chirr call.
female
Rancho Naturalista
07Feb2010