A 3 Woodpecker Day.

 If the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker I saw yesterday had put in an appearance it would have been a 4 Woodpecker Day.

It was down to 28F this morning when I went out to top up the feeders and the birds appreciated it because by the time I was back inside the Bluebirds were scoffing the mealworms. They unfortunately were gone by the time I set the camera up.  Still I can't complain, the regular Downy's both male and female were there as well as one of the Red-bellied and a Hairy Woodpecker who I don't see very often making it a 3 pecker day. The Blue Jay's were on form as usual and putting on a show.

Blue Jay

Blue Jay

Blue Jay

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

White-breasted Nuthatch

Test Pilots

 After chainsawing a fallen Ash tree, mowing leave's and sowing grass seed I was getting a bit bored with photographing the same bird species in the yard. I got my flash unit back from being repaired and I downloaded new firmware for my 70-200mm lens so the solution to my boredom was obvious. The cats could be my test pilots.

Four (yes that's his name).

Juno, who leaves bits of white hair all over the floor.

KitKat, the bad kitten.

Squirrel Nutkin, Nutty for short.

Rascal. 

Downy Woodpecker

 While waiting for it to warm up a bit before going out and dealing with the usual Fall leaf drop I stuck my lens out the window and although there wasn't much activity I did manage to capture this Downy Woodpecker having a nibble.

Downy Woodpecker