I first saw this bird in November 2005 at Tortilla Flat, AZ (population, 6). Tortilla Flat is on the Apache Trail, a scenic (if sometimes seemingly treacherous) drive east of Phoenix. The restaurant there does a hopping busines considering its remote location, and the whole place is lined with dollar bills. Adam's Dad hung one up in the store ages ago, and it's still there!
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We now have a Gila Woodpecker that visits our yard. I have seen him twice in the past week, including once at very close range (he was on a palm tree just a few feet away from my dining room window).
ReplyDeleteI think he hangs out at the desert-landscaped house across the street. That's where he headed when he left our house, and seeing him come in for a landing, I recognized his profile as one I'd seen headed for that perch before.