It happens to all birdwatchers. Regardless of how detailed your notes are or how many photos you take, there will at some point be that one bird you didn't particularly notice at first but about which you later found yourself thinking when the cartoon light bulb suddenly appears over your head and you say "Hey! that was a..."
Such was the late response we had to this colorful image of a Mourning Dove and a woodpecker that Milton from Surprise, Arizona uploaded to the Wingscapes BirdCam Photo Gallery. At first we just enjoyed it as a great photo but recently we exclaimed "Hey! That's a Gila Woodpecker." Needless to say - this one goes onto the Wingscapes BirdCam Life List.
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