Acorn Woodpecker #1
by Nick Boren
Title
Acorn Woodpecker #1
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Photography
Description
I love these Acron woodpeckers. It looks like they are wearing a little red cap on their heads.
From Wikipedia:
The acorn woodpecker was formally described in 1827 by the English naturalist William John Swainson under the binomial name Picus formicivorus from a specimen collected in Mexico.[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin formica meaning "ant" with -vorus meaning "eating".[3] The type locality is Temascaltepec in Mexico.[4] The acorn woodpecker is one of 24 species now placed in the genus Melanerpes that was introduced by Swainson in 1832.[5][6] Within Melanerpes the acorn woodpecker is sister to a clade containing two South American species: the white woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) and the white-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum).[7]
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February 28th, 2024
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Larry Kniskern
Nick – congratulations on this image being selected as an initial candidate for consideration in the February 2024 "Photo of the Month" for the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done! Please feel free to add this gem to the “Candidates for Photo of the Month” discussion thread in the group.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Nick – your small bird has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2024 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Nick Boren replied:
Thank you Larry for the comment and for featuring my woodpecker image in your awesome group!
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