Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Dryobates scalaris

The Ladder-Backed Woodpecker is resident from the American Southwest from the Mojave Desert in California, east across southern Arizona and New Mexico, and into western Texas. Found year-round wherever they live, these birds are common from the southeast USA and southward over much of Mexico. Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers closely associate with cactus for both foraging and nesting.

Ladder-Backed Woodpeckers are closely related to Nuttall’s Woodpeckers, but there are differences (see <this link> for details). The ranges for these birds seldom overlap, though when working with the San Diego Natural History team near Campo in east San Diego County, we found both birds in the valley where we were surveying the fauna.

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker - Dryobates scalaris — **Ladder-Backed Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates scalaris)*

**Description:**
I met this bird in the margins of Pintail Landing, part of the Havasu NWR in Arizona east of Needles, California.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:05:02 8:10

**Location:**

Pintail Landing
Havasu NWR, Arizona
United States
462.62 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/800

**File Name:** D3X8647-LadderBackedWoodpecker

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Ladder-Backed Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates scalaris)*

**Description:**
I met this bird in the margins of Pintail Landing, part of the Havasu NWR in Arizona east of Needles, California.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:05:02 8:10

**Location:**

Pintail Landing
Havasu NWR, Arizona
United States
462.62 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/800

**File Name:** D3X8647-LadderBackedWoodpecker

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ladder-Backed Woodpecker - Phasianus colchicus — **Ladder-Backed Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates scalaris)*

**Description:**
I met this male bird along the Redington Road in the Catalina Mountains, east of Tucson, Arizona USA 2004-06-23.
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**Date Taken:** 2004:06:23 17:03

**Location:**

Tanque Verde
Tucson, Arizona
United States
3960.16 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/320

**File Name:** JCD_6876LadderBackedWoodpecker

© 2004 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging

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Ladder-Backed Woodpecker - Himantopus mexicanus — **Ladder-Backed Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates scalaris)*

**Description:**
Camped with the Science Team from the San Diego Natural History Museum and gathering data as a followup study from previous studies of about 80 years prior. Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California.
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**Date Taken:** 2016:11:10 6:42

**Location:**

Cima Camp
Cima, California
United States
4928.06 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/5000

**File Name:** LadderBackedWoodpecker_D5X6919

© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ladder-Backed Woodpecker - Picoides scalaris — **Ladder-Backed Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates scalaris)*

**Description:**
Unexpected so far from its typical desert haunts. Camped with the San Diego Natural History team near Campo California. San Diego County.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:10:27 7:23

**Location:**

Clover Flat
Campo, California
United States
2929.93 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** LadderBackedWoodpecker_D5X5853-CloverFlats

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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