Red Hat

I saw this wonderful bird in Carmel, California, and tried to find out what type of bird it was. After looking at many internet sites, I am this is... more

by Terry Davis

Title

Red Hat

Artist

Terry Davis

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Art, Photo Painting, Photography

Description

I saw this wonderful bird in Carmel, California, and tried to find out what type of bird it was. After looking at many internet sites, I am this is an Acorn Woodpecker. After taking the picture, I replaced the background with a Jai Johnson texture.

The adult acorn woodpecker has a dark head, back, wings and tail, white forehead, throat, belly and rump. The eyes are white. They have a red cap starting at the forehead. The white neck, throat, and forehead patches are distinctive identifiers. When flying, they take a few flaps of their wings and drop a foot or so. White circles on their wings are visible when in flight. Acorn woodpeckers have a call that is almost like they are laughing.

The breeding habitat is forested areas with oaks in the hills of coastal areas and foothills of California and the southwestern United States south to Colombia. This species may occur at low elevations in the north of its range, but rarely below 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in Central America, and it breeds up to the timberline.

IMAGE FEATURED IN:
The This Way Arts group 12/09/17
The Lady Photographers and Artists group 12/08/17
The Art District group 12/07/17
The World We See group 12/06/17
The Philanthropic Artists group 12/05/17
The Images That Excite You group 12/05/17
The First Friday Gallery group 12/05/17
The Road to Self Promotion group 12/05/17

Uploaded

December 2nd, 2017