Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Picoides scalaris
(L 7.25" WS 13" Wt 1.1 oz)
Found in arid and desert
areas in SW U.S. but in
pinelands in Cent. America.
Bentsen Rio Grande St Pk
19Apr2010
When a dead tree falls, the
woodpeckers share in its death.
   (Malayan Proverb)
Roma Bluffs
Roma, TX
03Nov2010
Robin Carter, XC7791
Laguna Atascosa Nat’l
Wildlife Refuge
21Apr2013