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The Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a black and white woodpecker with a red cap and distinctive white eyes. As the name implies, the acorn woodpecker depends on acorns and other nuts as its primary source of food. This woodpecker drills holes in trees where it stores nuts for later consumption. Their diet also consists of fruit, insects and tree sap. It drills larger cavities in dead trees to excavate a nest. Unlike other woodpeckers, the acorn woodpecker lives and nests in small flocks. The acorn woodpecker's habitat is oak forests of Oregon, California, and the southwestern United States, south through Central America to Colombia. This female acorn woodpecker was photographed in a tree near Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Photographer Jeff Goulden has combined his lifelong passion for photography and his love of the natural world, creating a portfolio that reveals nature in its pure and simple beauty. Growing up in the Puget Sound region of Washington State gave Jeff the opportunity to pursue hiking, canoeing, backpacking, mountain climbing and other outdoor adventures. Jeff is now based in Northern Arizona where he continues to hike, mountain bike and cross country ski. As always, his camera accompanies him on his many outdoor adventures. Photography is Jeff's artistic medium with which to share his love of nature and wilderness. Jeff received his Bachelors in Business Administration and Information Science from Pacific Lutheran University in...