The Wonderful World of Woodpeckers

One of my favorite groups of birds, and certainly one of the most entertaining to watch, is the woodpecker family. The Picidae family is represented in North America by twenty-two extant species, and as of last year, I have managed to see them all! (Although, I have not successfully photographed them all yet!) Acorn Woodpeckers on a granary tree, Pinnacles National Park Sixteen of these twenty-two…