Black-backed Woodpecker

Picoides arcticus

First view, Peshekee Grade, Marquette County, Michigan, 13 February 2011; note black back.

Another view, Peshekee Grade, Marquette County, Michigan, 13 February 2011.

Another view, Peshekee Grade, Marquette County, Michigan, 13 February 2011.

Here is a fun post, by Kirby Adams, on the “Birding is Fun” blog, about his quest here in the U.P. for Black-backed Woodpecker, one of his nemesis birds.