Though Black-cheeked Woodpecker seems to be more common around Atenas for me, this species may be the second most common woodpecker, at least in my garden. 🙂
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See my Hoffmann’s Woodpecker Gallery
or read about on eBird.
¡Pura Vida!
And for Halloween see this Tico Times article with video of Spooky Creatures Inhabit Costa Rica’s Jungles.
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I LOVE Woodpeckers!!!
The SPOOKY creatures was so much fun!!!
Thank you so much!!!
xoxo
🙂