I was just standing in my backyard (77th and Flint) talking on the phone with my son, when suddenly a Ladder-backed Woodpecker landed on our Redbud snag about two feet away. There was no doubt about the ID – I raised one last year from a nestling and later released it in our backyard. Two other Ladder backs actually came to ‘visit’ during the time mine was hardening off in a cage - pre-release - out back and the pair was seen in our yard more than once. Carol Lee www.spwrc.org