Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) 10/10/2009 at 15:59:12

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Description: Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Location: Cypress Creek Park, Lake Travis; Travis County, Texas
Timestamp: October 10, 2009; 15:59:12
Photographer: Earl Richards
Raw Image Filename: IMG_0450.CR2

This female Ladder-backed Woodpecker was seen in Cypress Creek Park just a few minutes after I had taken a couple of photographs of a male (here and here). She lacks the red crown found on the male. Notice how mangled the bark is in front of the woodpecker. I wonder what insects she's finding there. Two other photographs of the same female are here and here.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Picoides
Species: Picoides scalaris


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