This is an Acorn Woodpecker, native to the west coast. Trivia - Woody Woodpecker's 'laugh/call' is supposed to be based upon the call of this bird. Well, at 53, its been a long time since I watched a Woody Woodpecker cartoon - so when I read that bit of trivia it meant nothing to me. But then I found a site that plays recorded birdsongs. And at the end of a 20 second recording I heard..... hahaHAha hahaHAha hahahahahahah......and I remembered!! Here is the link if you want to walk down memory lane also... http://allaboutbirds.org/guide/acorn_woodpecker/id !
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