Nuttall's Woodpecker

I was surprised to hear the whinny call of a Nuttall's Woodpecker outside my apt. yesterday afternoon. I'd heard a distant call a couple days ago that I thought was this species, but given how few birds actually live in the area, I couldn't believe it.

But there it was, working the dead upper limbs of a London plane tree. We'll see if it sticks around.

There was a family of Black Phoebe on the block as well, and one was calling from the side of the building in the middle of the night two nights ago.

Other nature in the patio includes two species of dragonflies a few days ago, a glider (Pantala sp.) and a black saddlebags (Tramea lacerata). They were flying above the bougainvillea, which was filled with insects. A small, orange-winged Pepsis wasp cruised by the flowers yesterday afternoon, the first I've seen in the neighborhood.