We have crossed back into the US for the first time, in over seven years, at least for a little while anyways. The transition...
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Christmas morning I looked out my window and saw something I had only seen once before in my backyard, a Phainopepla! I watched as...
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The Nuttall’s Woodpecker’s (Picoides nattallii) diet consists mainly of (about 80%) insects, primarily captured by probing and gleaning from tree bark. They also dine on...
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The Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) is found primarily in the oak woodlands of California and northern Baja California. It just so happens that I...
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