Gila woodpecker

Description:

the Gila woodpecker is a common woodpecker in Arizona, often mistaken by the Gilded flicker, the Gila woodpecker has red on the top of its head, a black bill, a brown nape, belly, and part of its crown, its back is black and white, and the two colors seem to form a crooked ladder on its back, and it has roughly those same colors, and patterns on its tail.

Habitat:

These birds can be found in trees, cacti, seed feeders, suet feeders, on the ground, and simply flying in the air. This one was found in tree, next to a golf course, in Anthem, Arizona.

Notes:

Sometimes these birds will stick there bills out of the cactus, as you see in the photo above.