Bird watchers tend to flock to their favored areas when a locally rare species is documented. Myself and my beloved companion happened to be sitting in the forest just appreciating our surroundings when we noticed an unfamiliar woodpecker species pecking away at a nearby alligator juniper. We snapped a few pictures and watched this cryptic creature for some time. A week later, I learned that birders had been very interested in the exact Williamson’s sapsucker we had been so fortunate as to meet. Madera Canyon, AZ.