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Before I went to Guatemala, I was a little overwhelmed. Was it safe to go birding by myself? Would I even know what birds I was seeing without a tour guide? How would I get around the city without a rental car? I needn t have been worried.
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The female downy woodpecker comes out of the hole while the male perches below. Photo by Ray Harden
The mated downy woodpeckers work together to build a nest and reproduce. Photo by Ray Harden
The mated downy woodpeckers work together to build a nest and reproduce. Photo by Ray Harden
The female downy woodpecker removes wood chips from the tree. Photo by Ray Harden
The male downy woodpecker has a distinctive red cap of his head. Photo by Ray Harden
On a pleasant day in mid-February 2020, a male downy woodpecker was drumming on a snag of a elm tree in the northwest corner of my property. He froze when he saw me. He probably hoped that the human would move on. But when I didn’t move, he slowly moved around to the other side of the tree, putting the dead tree between us.