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Acorn Woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

This acorn Woodpecker clung to the outside if the tree while it fed one of the babies, then squeezed into the nest cavity and poked its head back out.

Habitat:

Dead palm near oak and brush covered hills on the outskirts of Avalon.

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Acorn Woodpecker

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PublishedJune 13, 2013

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