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These photographs of Nuttall’s woodpeckers were taken in the early mornings of a fifteen-day period following the discovery of an active nest in a tree at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, CA. With several exceptions, they are arranged in chronological order. On the first three days, the chicks were seldom visible, and their parents fed them either by sticking their heads in the hole in the tree or by going inside the tree to the nest itself, often carrying waste products in their beaks when they flew out.

Starting on the fourth day, the chicks frequently stuck their heads out the hole, one at a time. On the tenth day, they fledged, the first at 6:44 AM and the second about an hour and a half later. At least one chick was still in the nest when the second one left.

Five days later, when I returned to take a picture of the tree, a fledgling was on one of its branches. Photos of the fledglings and the tree are on page 2.

All photos are copyright © Roberta Stacy and may not be used or displayed without permission.

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Nuttall’s woodpeckers

adult male Nuttall's woodpecker on end of broken tree branch male Nuttall's woodpecker gathering food for his chicks

male Nuttall's woodpecker at entrance to nest in tree with food for his chicks

 Nuttall's woodpecker mother sticking her head out of nest in tree female Nuttall's woodpecker flying from nesting tree, with male in background
 Nuttall's woodpecker father at nest with beak full of food for his babies  Nuttall's woodpecker mother feeding her babies inside tree  Nuttall's woodpecker mother with beak full of food for her chicks  female Nuttall's woodpecker ready to feed her chicks  male Nuttall's woodpecker on tree with beak full of food
Nuttall's woodpecker father entering the nest to feed his babies and then coming back out carrying waste  Nuttall's woodpecker mother with food for her chicks  female Nuttall's woodpecker on tree at nest after feeding her chicks  female Nuttall's woodpecker on tree looking up  Nuttall's woodpecker father at nest with food for his chicks
 Nuttall's woodpecker father removing waste from nest  baby Nuttall#s woodpecker looking out of nest through hole in tree  Nuttall's woodpecker chick looking out of nest after being fed by its mother  female Nuttall's woodpecker feeding one of her babies close-up of female Nuttall's woodpecker feeding one of her babies

Nuttall's woodpecker female on tree near her nest

 Nuttall's woodpecker baby and its mother Nuttall's woodpecker mother at nest with food Nuttall's woodpecker father on tree at nest Nuttall's woodpecker male with food for his chicks
 Nuttall's woodpecker baby being fed by its father  Nuttall's woodpecker adult male at his nest Nuttall's woodpecker father on tree at nest  Nuttall's woodpecker baby and its father  Nuttall's woodpecker chick taking food from its father's beak
 adult male Nuttall's woodpecker and one of his chicks Nuttall's woodpecker chick chirping to be fed Nuttall#s woodpecker chick waiting and watching for its parents  Nuttall's woodpecker chick taking food from its mother's beak Nuttall's woodpecker chick with its mother

(Nuttall’s woodpeckers continue on page 2)

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