White-headed Woodpecker

Except for a small pocket in the mountains of southern California, this is a Northwest specialty woodpecker.  This is why he is the star of our central Oregon woodpecker festival.  The Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival is held every June and is put on by the Central Oregon Audubon Society. 

White Headed woodpeckers are quite stunning and unique in behavior and appearance.  They are fairly common in their mountain range and in my county, they are common nesters above 4,000 feet.  They are about the size of a Hairy Woodpecker with glossy black back and very distinctive white patch near the wingtips that display nicely in flight.  The males have a red patch toward the back of the head.

Image Size is 4" x 4"  mixed media on arches watercolor paper.  $75

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