Introducing our #BirdoftheWeek, the rule-breaking Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) — always pecking outside the lines! 🔴🟢⚪⚫ Forget the standard black, white, and red — this woodpecker has a red face, pink belly, glossy green back, and silver-gray collar. Instead of hammering on trees, they take to the air, snagging insects mid-flight. Come fall, they switch to a nut-and-fruit diet, stashing acorns in tree bark and fiercely guarding their snack supply all winter long. 🪰 You can spot them