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My husband
and I visited
Mount Lemmon near
Tucson, Arizona, last July.
High on the mountain,
the temperature was
cool and quite refreshing.
I saw several new-to-me
bird species, but the
yellow-eyed juncos were
especially fun to watch!
I love their rusty colors,
yellow eyes and the
expressive looks they
gave me while they
munched away on bugs.
Renee Frederick
LOGAN, OHIOMeet Woody,
a quirky red-headed
woodpecker who ruled
my backyard. I got such a
kick out of photographing
this bird! Its favorite spot
was this driftwood that
I kept filled with nuts.
Darla Young
SHERIDAN, ARKANSASWoodpeckers tap and
knock on dense tree
trunks and other hard
surfaces to try to attract
a mate. A woodpecker
can drum more than
8,000 times in just
one day!
NOISE MAKER