July 9-12 was a busy wedding weekend across the country near San Diego. My nephew David and his lovely lady Sophia tied the knot during a beautiful outdoor ceremony at the Milagro Winery in Ramona, Calif. I will share a few wedding photos later in this post. This West Coast getaway was also a chance to enjoy some different scenery. And that included photographing Acorn Woodpeckers, a lifer bird for me.
It wasn’t long after we settled into our resort room that I noticed a few of these birds up in palm trees around the property. It took a day for me to get some decent photographs. I thought and hoped this was a different type of woodpecker than what I see regularly in South Carolina (Red-bellied, Downy, Pileated, even Yellow-bellied Sapsucker).Some bird websites describe the Acorn Woodpecker as "clown-faced." I don't think he likes that description!
