At Indian Point I spotted a pair of black backed woodpeckers rapping away at a nearby aging spruce - the camera was in my truck and by the time I retrieved it one had gone behind the tree. The camera I had at the time had a 3x optical and I took several photos and saved the top one, The second picture is a computer crop showing the female about center - right of trunk. My birding book says "The Black-Backed Three-Toed Woodpecker. An uncommon woodpecker even in its preferred habitat - coniferous forests ... Only the male has a yellow crown". Picoides Arcticus
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