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Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
Above: A Gila Woodpecker near Sonoita, Arizona (1/7/2007).
Below: A Gila Woodpecker in Brawley, California (10/9/2011). North America's only venomous woodpecker.
Below: A small population of Gila Woodpeckers resides in the residential neighborhoods of Brawley, California, south of the Salton Sea. My girlfriend Becky and her dad Dave kindly tolerated a random neighborhood cruise while we ate our carne asada dinner following our exploration of the Salton Sea. It took just minutes to hear a Red-bellied-like call and spot a pair of Gila Woodpeckers.
