Lewis's Woodpecker - Christian Schwarz
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Location

95076, Watsonville US-CA 36.93814, -121.67694
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 36.938136, -121.676944
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Large woodpecker with gray breast and pink belly. Continuing since first found on Xmas bird count I believe. We observed it repeatedly pulling acorns off Coast Live Oak, hammering them open on a large flat branch, and eating them. It spend some time perched on the nearby fence line as well, and did a small amount of flycatching from the tops of the oaks.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D500
ISO
800
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/4.0
Shutter speed
1/5000 sec
Dimensions
940 pixels x 623 pixels
Original file size
424.49 KB