[ErnBatavia]

We've had woodpeckers appear here in our desert just within the past three years....unfortunately, I've discovered, they're falling into the pest category.

They hop into the orange tree and start boring holes into most of the fruit just as it's ripening.

[nuconvert]

Maybe if I plant an orange tree they’ll stop pecking at my house

[Flycatcher]

I like woodpeckers too. Saw 2 species today: Ladder-backed woodpecker and northern flicker.

We live in a Joshua tree forest and we're lucky to have a fairly rare woodpecker that is year-round resident on our property: the gilded flicker. Very similar to the yellow-shafted race of the northern flicker.

But sadly, we don't have pileated woodpeckers! They're stunning.