Male Acorn Woodpecker Acrylic Print

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This landing male acorn woodpecker was photographed at Cave Creek, near Portal, Arizona. However, the background photo is from Yosemite Falls in California where this woodpecker is also common. The female wears a black stripe between the red and white on her forehead.

The bird was landing on a rock (digitally removed) to get a peanut. The wings are not blurry because I used high speed flash photography techniques.

This species of bird is quite social, and the birds cooperate in many ways. I saw them mob together to drive away competing Mexican Jays, for example, while I was in Arizona. They're quite smart, also, and can be seen "playing" sometimes.

I'm a photographer, though sometimes I experiment in other media. My mother was an artist, and on school holidays, when she had classes at the art museum, I got to spend entire days roaming the galleries of the Cincinnati Art Museum. My twin sister is an artist, and my father took up photography about the time I did, when I was in college. I'm also a former machine tool programmer, database analyst, and mathematics and physics teacher, and those things undoubtedly have impact on my perceptions as well, as do my Christian perspective and philosophy. My favorite photographic subjects are hummingbirds, other birds in flight, and scenic beauty as seen in wilderness places, the national parks, and rural locations. As my physical health and...