Acorn Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker on the side of a tree limb.
Acorn Woodpecker, Tecolote Canyon Trail, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-400; f/8; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus). This is one of the 17 or 18 new species (I’m still trying to figure one out) for me when I went on a San Diego Audubon bird walk while I was in the area for a conference. My first photographic evidence occurred on April 23, 2022.

Acorn Woodpecker peeking outside from its home in a tree.
Acorn Woodpecker peeking, Tecolote Canyon Trail, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-400; f/8; 1/1000 sec.