Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Nuttall's Woodpecker perched on a medium-sized tree branch among leaves.
Nuttall’s 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; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/10; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii). 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.

Nuttall's Woodpecker perched on a small, broken, dead tree branch and is looking toward the sky.
Nuttall’s Woodpecker, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 19, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/10; 1/800 sec.