Yesterday I and two friends returned to the location in the Lost Lake Peatland outside Tower where we'd previously found both black-backed and American three-toed woodpeckers (see Feb 3 post). We were fortunate enough to find both species again, including a pair of American three-toed woodpeckers that we were able to observe at length. One was especially cooperative, allowing Connor to approach and photograph it from perhaps ten feet away as it flecked bits of bark from a dead spruce just above eye level and slightly upwind of Connor. That wind direction mattered became apparent minutes later when we heard Conner mutter "I'm getting 3-toed woodpecker sawdust in my eye." We advised Conner, that while he might have the makings of a good country song title there, his complaint was unlikely to elicit much sympathy in the birding community.
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