Showing posts with label Melanerpes formicivorus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melanerpes formicivorus. Show all posts
Thursday, January 9, 2020

The Acorn Woodpeckers are Busy on the Tuolumne RIver

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The Acorn Woodpeckers ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) have been very busy this new year. There is a small colony (four or five) of them on the...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Acorn Woodpeckers along the Tuolumne River

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If they took up residence in my yard, I would probably not like them as much. But they haven't, and so the Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerp...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Happy as an Acorn Woodpecker in an Acorn Woodpecker Tree (with apologies to Randy Newman)

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Really really sorry, Randy. It just doesn't flow like "Happy as a monkey in a monkey tree", but I kind of think of that song...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Northern Flicker on the Tuolumne River Bluffs (along with an Acorn Woodpecker)

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I was out walking on the Tuolumne River as usual this morning, and saw practically no birds until I finished and had returned to the parki...
Friday, April 28, 2017

Acorn Woodpecker in a Not Expected Tree

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Sometimes bird-hunting happens when we're not expecting it. I was briefly in Southern California last week and we were in downtown Hem...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Acorn Woodpecker at Sequoia National Park

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I have such a backlog of bird pictures accumulated in the last three weeks. I've been to the Cascades of Northern California, the Merc...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Acorn Woodpeckers (and Spring Wildflowers) on the Tuolumne River Parkway

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I've had a few chances to follow the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail in Waterford. It follows the river for about two miles at the point ...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Acorn Woodpeckers on the Tuolumne River

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It's been a while since Acorn Woodpeckers ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) have graced these pages. I see them often, flying from tree to t...