which woodpecker ?

azrocks · Post by **azrocks** » Oct 15 2003 10:12 pm

What kind of woodpecker is that in Joe's latest pics of Brown's Peak ?

mttgilbert · Post by **mttgilbert** » Oct 15 2003 10:33 pm

http://hikearizona.com/phoZOOM.php?ZIP=8247

joebartels · Post by **joebartels** » Oct 16 2003 1:33 pm

I'd be interested to know myself
I searched and couldn't pin it down

looks similar to a downey & was within elevation specs
but they don't seem to live in Arizona

I think the red means it's a male
hey it's a start

some lady that's president of a bird thingy in Prescott or Cottonwood e-mailed me before but I can't find the address

joebartels · Post by **joebartels** » Oct 16 2003 1:56 pm

In response to Rodney's reply:
okay this will be out of sequence because I just noticed the server time was off, you'd think with technology these days AMD could master what Timex can do for a penny

anyhow...
this bird has red at the back of the head with the two white splotches on is back then it's intermixed white below the splotches
so I don't think that's it

Rodney · Post by **Rodney** » Oct 16 2003 1:57 pm

Does this one look close?

http://www.arizonahighways.com/custom.c ... =36&id=179

olesma · Post by **olesma** » Oct 16 2003 3:02 pm

How about the Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)?

Keep in mind that birds will frequently have slight variations in patterns across geographic range - as well as varying phases of plumage depending on the season (not all birds - but some). I'd say that the facial plumage of Joe's woodpecker and the facial plumage on display in this picture is pretty close - the motteled back of the bird in the picture vs. Joes image is a bit off - but who knows?

joebartels · Post by **joebartels** » Oct 16 2003 3:12 pm

yep that must be it
a nuttall and a downey did a little dance in the woods

looks like the second bird in your stanford photo has a red forehead

probably just his son going through a teenage punk stage

Nighthiker · Post by **Nighthiker** » Oct 16 2003 3:47 pm

Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus).

flechenbones · Post by **flechenbones** » Oct 16 2003 10:26 pm

In response to Nighthiker's reply:

Woodpeckers can be hard to differentiate and there are a number of species that occur in Arizona. For this one, Nighthiker is correct - it is a hairy woodpecker. The red on the back of the head does indicate it is a male.

Nuttall's is a California woodpecker with white and black bars across the back (like many other woodpeckers) and not the white back characteristic of hairy and downy woodpeckers. Its head does look roughly similar though.

The Acorn woodpecker (linked by Rodney) is one of my faves. Tons of them down south - I see them frequently in the Chiricahuas and Santa Ritas.

Rodney · Post by **Rodney** » Oct 16 2003 10:41 pm

Well...had joe gotten a closer shot so I could have seen the hair, I would have known it was a Hairy Woodpecker!

which woodpecker ?

which woodpecker ?

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