Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)

Standing in absolute awe, looking out over the rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona camera in hand, it was going to take someting special to distract me.

This woodpecker was just the ticket as I suddenly became aware of something moving in a tree just feet away. So I stood a long while longer, this time fascinated by something a little younger than the Canyon.

Watch it with me and read its species info' in the accompanying commentary, here: