Another Backyard Bird...

This female Downy woodpecker came to visit my suet feeder but landed on a nearby tree before going to the suet.

Downy Woodpecker...

It was about 8 below zero this morning when I got up but it had warmed up to 2 degrees when I decided to go out and photograph the birds attracted to the feeder. I put out a suet block the other day and this downy woodpecker came to it while I was out photographing. I was out for about 30 minutes or so and ended up getting only four photos worth keeping, I trashed the rest. Needless to say my fingers went numb even with gloves so I had to call it quits before I got frostbite.

Christmas Woodpecker...

Here's another photo from yesterday. I was finished photographing the surf and had my gear packed up and was heading back to the vehicle when I saw a couple of Downy woodpeckers. They were preoccupied with looking for bugs under the tree bark so I took the camera back out; this one let me get pretty close and I was able to get a bunch of shots. This was the very last picture of the day and turned out to be the best shot. Most of them were blurry, those little buggers are fast.