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I walked outside this morning and while admiring the stunning cobalt blue of an autumn Tehachapi sky, I heard the sharp staccato call of a woodpecker. Not the dry knocking caused by the bird drilling into wood with its reinforced bill, this was its actual voice, making a woodpecker noise referred to as a “whinny call.” I let my gaze slowly search the spreading tree limbs superimposed against the crystalline blue sky. There are 13 different species of woodpeckers that have been spotted in the Tehachapi area, including the recent addition of a first-ever local sighting of a Black-backed Woodpecker (Piciodes arcticus).  Which one was making the bbrrt-bbrrt-bbrrt call? I had my suspicions and they were confirmed when a 7-inch tall bird with a black-and-white barred back, a white speckled belly and a striped face with a red cap suddenly appeared in the sunlight: it was a Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) and the red marking identified it as a male. ...
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