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ground. When he got behind a log he would give a [[dig?]] and then look up to see what I was doing. Hearing a Hairy Woodpecker I left the Flicker to see it. Its underparts were white; strip on the middle of its back white; this was surrounded by black; The wings were barred with white; The tail is sharp and pointed for bracing; It is black; outer tail feather white; back of head is in the male red; Streak to base of bill and one through

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eye black; One below the eye and the top of the head white; bill strong and long, black. Common note is a sharp [[underlined]] skek [[/underlined]] like a stone quarriers chisel. It dug a lot of larvae out of dead branches.  Once it went on the underside of a horizontal branch and got one. going farther up this ravine I see a Palm Warbler over a fence on the ground in some weeds. Its underparts are yellowish streaked with dusky; back olive brown; wings edged