Acorn Woodpecker photos


	ACORN WOODPECKER (Melanerpes formicivorus)
	Gets its name from its habit of sequestering acorns in holes which it drills into trees specifically for that purpose (see below).


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	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz
	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz

OTHER WOODPECKERS (FAMILY PICADAE)
OTHER WOODPECKERS (FAMILY PICADAE)
American Three-toed Woodpecker Arizona Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Gila Woodpecker Gilded Flicker Golden-fronted Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Lewis's Woodpecker Northern Flicker - red-shafted Northern Flicker - yellow-shafted Nuttall's Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Red-cockaded Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker White-headed Woodpecker Williamson's Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz


	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz

	Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon AZ May, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Acorn Woodpecker Fort Davis State Park, TX May 1, 2007 ©John Schwarz

	Acorn Woodpecker Fort Davis State Park, TX May 1, 2007 ©John Schwarz
		Acorn Woodpecker (The species gets its name from its habit of making multiple holes in a tree in which to store acorns.)