Bringing a nice fat mouthful of caterpillars to the nest.
Tags: Melanerpes lewis Smithneck Rd., Sierra Valley 6/12/13 Lewis's Woodpecker
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Another successfully completed feeding mission. The colors of the Lewis's are so cool. In the sun that black shines with green iridescence, and that against the reds and pinks is just too good.
Tags: Melanerpes lewis Smithneck Rd., Sierra Valley 6/12/13 Lewis's Woodpecker
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This guy was king of the perch until.....
Tags: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Marble Hot Springs Road, Sierra Valley
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...another big male flew in with a big mouthful of grasshopper and chased the other male away.
Tags: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Marble Hot Springs Road, Sierra Valley
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The winner and champion.
Tags: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Marble Hot Springs Road, Sierra Valley
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