Tag: Golden-fronted woodpecker

by M. Kathy Raines Its vigorous, automatic rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat startled me when it first appeared. Whose cell phone? What alert is that? Then this creature — hitting his stride, hammering on a metal vent on our roof early each morning — served as a consistent, unwelcome alarm clock throughout April and early May. We worried the…