June 29, 2011
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker at The Pond, Amado, Arizona

We had a blast photographing birds, and a few mammals, at The Pond in Amado, Arizona, in late March 2010. The Pond is set up for bird photography with lots of props available for the birds to land on, and of course there's an actual pond which provides a water source which helps attract the animals. We photographed 18 species of birds and four (4) species of mammals. One of my favorite images is of a male ladder-backed woodpecker perched on a dead cholla branch.