Male Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicvorus)
Using his stiff tail to balance on the branch. Is this a Valley Oak (Quercus lobata), or a Blue-Valley hybrid? Near the Visitors' Parking Lot, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. 8/21/2021, 11:03 am. Male Acorn Woodpeckers have the red and white on their foreheads touching. Females have black feathers in between.