Here are a couple Arizona sightings for this #featheredfriday

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Here is a gila woodpecker looking ins some seed pods. I'm not sure if they eat them or eat the insects that might live in or around the pods. 

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The pods serve as a nice platform for them to scout out other insects. 

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It was a challenge trying to shoot between all the roughage to get good shots. Most of them ended up light this one. At least you can see its yellow underbelly feathers here.

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I spotted a nest too. This one pecked a hole in a cottonwood tree.

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I suspect maybe there was a baby in here but I couldn't get a shot of the little head poking out. Probably too young at this point. 



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Little green hummingbirds were flying around wherever new wildflowers were blooming.

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This was about the clearest shot I got of one flying. 

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I tried sneaking around to get a face shot of this guy but it didn't work out. They take off too fast to fight with other hummingbirds. 
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You never know what bird might be peeking around the corner spying on you. This one might have been a drone keeping tabs on photographers. 

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)