Date: 11/9/25 10:25 am From: John Williams (via aznmbirds Mailing List) <aznmbirds...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] Catalina AZ, Wilds Road acorn frenzy continues, 11/9/25
This morning at 9:05 I located three Lewis’s Woodpeckers by the oak trees on Wilds road. One full adult plumage and two immature plumage birds. Watched one of the immatures land on a wooden pole, secrete an acorn in a fissure, then peck it open. Also saw a Gila do the same. Somewhere around a dozen jays were in and out of the trees as well. I saw at least two Steller’s Jays and 10-12 Woodhouse’s Scrub Jays…. None of whom posed for me but I managed a few more distant shots, including a decent one of a Woodhouse’s with an acorn in its bill. The jays were taking the nuts into the desert to the south of the road to peck them open.
