We can ID this woodpecker as a female Golden-cheeked Woodpecker as follows:
- Grayish crown with yellow-gold nape and hindneck.
- Large black area surrounding the eye.
- Upperparts barred black and white.
- In the first photo you can just make out yellow-gold on the cheek.
- What you can see of the underparts are grayish.
- Long dark bill.
The Golden-cheeked Woodpecker is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,090.
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