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golden-fronted woodpecker

  1. Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Male

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Male

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons) male.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • golden-fronted woodpecker hidalgo county melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons mission national butterfly center texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  2. Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Another shot taken in the rain through a window in the visitor center. It gets its name from the gold colored nasal tufts and forehead. This is a male. Females lack the red patch on the crown. A close relative of the more widespread Red-bellied Woodpecker, Golden-fronted Woodpecker ranges from...
    • jmorlan
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  3. Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Male

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Male

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons) male.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county golden-fronted woodpecker melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons south padre island south padre island convention center texas usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  4. Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted gets its name from the gold colored nasal tufts and forehead. This is a male. Females lack the red patch on the crown. A close relative of the more widespread Red-bellied Woodpecker, Golden-fronted Woodpecker ranges from Texas and Oklahoma into Mexico and parts of Middle America...
    • jmorlan
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  5. Yes,

    Yes,

    this was a better shot of the Golden-fronted. Should've skipped the other one.
    • Doc Duck
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    • Category: North America
  6. Golden-fronted

    Golden-fronted

    showing its golden front through the fronds. I think I may have clicked on the wrong thumbnail. My next shot may be a bit less frond-blocked. If so, then I'll post it tomorrow.
    • Doc Duck
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    • Category: North America
  7. Blurry ladder

    Blurry ladder

    means this is the other ladder-backed woodpecker of the area - the Golden-fronted. My guides had seen at least one the first day, but it wouldn't pose for a photo and I'm not sure I saw it at all, certainly not well enough to make the ID. This one at Bentsen was far more cooperative.
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    • golden-fronted woodpecker melanerpes aurifrons
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  8. Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker
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    • Category: North America
  9. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons subsp. aurifrons) Male, species sexually dimorphic. National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. Planted butterfly garden with native plants and riparian woods just north of the Rio Grande in the South Texas Plains Vegetational...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • golden-fronted woodpecker hidalgo county melanerpes aurifrons mission texas usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  10. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons subsp. aurifrons) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA. South Texas Plains Vegetational Area, Tamaulipan scrub adjacent to Arroyo Colorado at ca. 13.7 m (45 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county golden-fronted woodpecker harlingen hugh ramsey nature park texas usa
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  11. Golden memories.

    Golden memories.

    Playa del carmen - How can you fault a place when you come across colourful birds right next to the hotel. Glass of cold beer, beautiful birds, sunshine and warmth, bliss...
    • Jaysan
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Nikon D610 1/800 sec. at f / 7.1 ISO 250, 300 mm
    • GoldwingerTX
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    • Category: North America
  13. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons subsp. aurifrons) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Cottonwood campground, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Open manicured campground dominated by cottonwood and surrounded by Rio Grande riparian at 661 m (2,170 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • big bend national park brewster county golden-fronted woodpecker melanerpes aurifrons texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  14. Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker

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  15. Woodpecker trumps Jay

    Woodpecker trumps Jay

    The Woodpecker invariably got the better of the Jay at the feeders.
    • peterday
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    • cyanocorax yncas golden-fronted woodpecker green jay melanerpes aurifrons
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    • Category: North America
  16. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (male)

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons) Species sexually dimorphic. Twelve subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Texas. Photographed in a mesquite tree at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge around the headquarters, Cameron County, Texas...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county golden-fronted woodpecker laguna atascosa national wildlife refuge melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons texas usa
    • Comments: 29
    • Category: North America
  17. Golden-fronted Woodpecker takes flight

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker takes flight

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker jumping off a branch
    • IVANHOE
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  18. How do I get a Drink?

    How do I get a Drink?

    • bobsofpa
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  19. Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Golden-fronted Woodpecker

    Near Rio Grande Village at the picnic area in Big Bend National Park.
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  20. Golden-fronted woodpecker

    Golden-fronted woodpecker

    Woodpeckers like fruit as well as bugs, apprently :) Pic taken in photo blind.
    • LIme85AW11
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