Facepainting

A male Gila woodpecker sticks his entire head into a saguaro blossom as he feeds along the Chuckwagon Trail in McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Arizona in May 2019

This male shows why all the Gila woodpeckers I see on my spring hikes have their faces painted in pollen …

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