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ML644488822

Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris

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Contributor

Rose Ann Rowlett Media from this contributor Profile

Date

31 Oct 2025 eBird checklist S282375517

Location

San Bernardino NWR
Cochise, Arizona, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 31.3558004, -109.261533
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

A male LBWO gives a couple of drums from high in a live cottonwood along Black Draw at San Bernardino NWR, 1100m. Background includes: a N. Flicker calling & a scold that is probably from a Bewick’s Wren. Recorded with a Zoom-F3, using a Sennheiser ME67 and foam windscreen.

Observation details

[1100m] one drumming at length high in cottonwoods

Additional species

  • Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

Technical information

Recorder
Zoom-F3
Microphone
Sennheiser ME67
Accessories
foam windscreen
Original file size
4.4 MB

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