Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) 10/10/2009 at 15:48:57

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Description: Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Location: Cypress Creek Park, Lake Travis; Travis County, Texas
Timestamp: October 10, 2009; 15:48:57
Photographer: Earl Richards
Raw Image Filename: IMG_0404.CR2

On a weekend afternoon outing, Joni and I took our dog, Rudy, to Cypress Creek Park. A couple of years ago, we had been there swimming. Now, as a result of the terrible 2009 drought, the park is high and dry: no water in sight, except for the creek itself. The lake looks a mile away. Walking along the parking lot road, I saw this male Ladder-backed Woodpecker and managed a couple of mediocre photographs: this one and also one here. A little later, walking back, I would see a female: here, here and here. The sky was quite overcast: a very gray day.

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


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