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Ladder-backed Woodpecker - female

Picoides scalaris

Photo by JoshuaGSmith
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Dense Palo Verde stand in desert wash

Notes:

My first "real" photos of this species. The female lacks the red crown.

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Birds of the World
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Sonoran Desert - Plants and Animals
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Birds Of Arizona
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Woodpeckers of North America
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Birds of California/Arizona
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 7, 2016

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