Male on the left, female on the right

Sitting on the outer sidewalk of the reserve

Making the typical courtship movements

Making the typical courtship movements

A male with a muddy bill. A common scene in winter. when there are not too many insects to dig out of trunks. Woodpeckers introduce their bills into the ground or ant burrows to forage. They only need to stick their long tongue out to catch ants. The tongue gets covered by a sticky substance which is segregated by the salivary glands and ants stick to it