The Lewis's Woodpecker has a number of distinguishing physical features, including a dark red face and a pink belly. Ornithologist Alexander Wilson named the bird after the explorer, Capt. Meriwether Lewis. AdobeStock photo
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The unusual Lewis’s Woodpecker
Trees are not only beautiful works of nature, but essentials for life
– Anonymous
It took me several years after I moved from Indiana to Colorado to locate where I could find the Lewis’s Woodpecker. I had heard from birding friends that these birds are in our area, but where? This woodpecker can be found in woodlands near any water including areas with streams, Ponderosa pine woodlands, among pinyon-juniper trees, oak brush or even orchards. They frequently breed in open Ponderosa pine forests...
