[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 20, 2005)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was photographed at the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: April 29, 2013)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was photographed at the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: April 29, 2013)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was photographed in Hueytown, Alabama, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1999)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan ?? in.]

This Black-striped Woodcreeper was photographed at Pipeline Road, Gamboa, Panama. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 7, 2011)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan ?? in.]

This Cocoa Woodcreeper was photographed at the Canopy Lodge Birding Facility, El Valle de Anton, Panama. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 8, 2011)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17.5 in.]

Acorn Woodpeckers, with their clown-like faces, are common visitors at feeders in the southwestern US. They get their name from their habit of drilling small holes in trees (and telephone poles) into which they hammer acorns so tightly that even squirrels can't extract them! Acorn Woodpeckers breed in loose colonies of up to 16 birds, and their presence is usually announced by a variety of loud, raucous "WAKE-UP WAKE-UP WAKE-UP" calls. They feed on insects (in addition to the acorns they store up for a "rainy day"), and are often seen "flycatching" insects in midair - a strange behavior for a woodpecker! This one was photographed near a feeder at the Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 400 film. (Date: May 1985)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 17.5 in.]

This Acorn Woodpecker was photographed in the foothills near Arroyo Grande, California, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: November 1997)