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Melanerpes aurifrons
Black and white striped back and a plain, gray belly. This male has a large orange patch on the back of the head, smaller red patch on top of the head, and smaller gold patch at the base of the bill.
At the feeding station at Laguna Atascosa NWR.
Spotted on Mar 12, 2014
Submitted on Mar 22, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Tom! They put peanut butter in the holes in this branch and he kept licking it out :)
Nice shots of the Golden-fronted! I like the second one sticking his tongue out.