I wish I had a picture for this one - but you can look up Acorn Woodpecker. They have a red cap and a wonderfully intricate spotted black & white area on their chest. Their call sounds between a crow and a songbird. (Did you know you can actually listen to bird calls on a website)
The woodpeckers discovered our bird food - at least 3 present at once. There was a smaller one - a youngster? a female? - One morning a larger woodpecker was quite noisy for a while - then he flew to the balcony food dish and was calling more - soon the smaller one landed and ate for a while , all the time the larger one 'stood guard' - then they both flew off. Later while Mont & I were sitting up there the little one came back and a huge bevy of little nuthatches and others fluttered around and filled the trees with a lot of trilling and singing while he ate. It was the strangest thing we've ever seen. When he flew off they all got quiet again and began their typical feeding patterns.
Was he the new prince?
The picture is from last fall - the food dish is just out of sight in the corner away from us.
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