If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

White-Headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)

7/28/02 Streamside, meadow near Round Valley (above 9,000' elevation), Mt. San Jacinto State Park, Riverside County, CA
9/29/02 Male at water tank, Mountain Station, Mt. San Jacinto State Park, 
Riverside County, CA
 11/4/16 Female on Jeffrey Pine, near campsite #84, Idyllwild County Park, 5,400' elevation, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA

 11/4/16 Idyllwild County Park
LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: White-Headed Woodpecker

SPECIES: Picoides albolarvatus

FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers)

LIFE LIST DATE: 11/22/1997

LOCATION: Mt. Hillyer from Horse Flats, Santa Clara Divide Rd., Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Fairly common but localized in mountain pine forest of Pacific states.

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 9"; Black body and white head are diagnostic. Male has a red patch on back of head. Large white patch on outer part of wing, more obvious in flight. 

VOICE: A sharp which or whick-ick, and a shrill rattling. 
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