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American Three-toed Woodpecker

Picoides dorsalis

Description:

A medium-sized black-and-white woodpecker with limited white on back and heavy barring on flanks.

Habitat:

Coniferous forests across western Canada, Alaska and the midwestern United States.

Notes:

I have found this bird hard to photograph because I normally see it in dense forests where it is difficult to find good light. This one briefly came into the open.

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1 Comment

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Great picture of a woodpecker that's a hard bird to find!

ianmaton
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ianmaton

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Spotted on Feb 27, 2013
Submitted on Feb 28, 2013

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