A female hairy woodpecker stops by my suet feeder after a light snowfall.
Slightly warmer here today in the Big Smoke, but it’s still clear we’re in the depths of winter. A bit of sunshine helping, though.
I thought this photo of what I think is a female hairy woodpecker, (Picoides villosus) rather than a downy, (Picoides pubescens) was a cheering sight, so here she is. (I decided she had to be a hairy because her beak is almost the length of her head.) Please do let me know, though, if I’ve misidentified her.
At any rate, she’s a gorgeous girl — just the ticket to brighten a drab and dreary February day.
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© BCP 2010
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