Male Gila woodpecker or Melanerpes uropygialis perching on a saguaro cactus at the riparian water ranch in Arizona.

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Edited in Adobe lightroom.

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Size: 4408px × 2939px
Location: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Arizona,
Photo credit: © Raven Photoscapes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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