“I saw a black woodpecker (or crow) today… it is a distinct species of woodpecker; it has a long tail and flys a good deal like the jay bird” - journal entry of Meriwether Lewis, July 2o, 1805.
And there we have the answer to last week's quiz (#21): Lewis's Woodpecker, named for the famed co-leader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Before leaving Black Canyon City this morning I paid a visit to High Desert Park on the south end of town and made this image. (This one ought to be easy . . . )
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