Out For Dinner

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It has been a while since I saw a Downy Woodpecker. We actually saw more than one, but it was difficult to get a good count. They were eating at this feeder at Big Woods. Cold weather .. eat out for dinner.

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Not A Vegan

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I really enjoy watching woodpeckers. They are not as hyper as some species, but they are intense about insects. I guess they have to eat .. clearly not vegan. My kind of bird. 😬

We saw this red-bellied woodpecker at Big Woods. They stick around all winter, so it was not a surprise to find him. The bird population has thinned out, so they have less competition for food.

~ Rick

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Torpor? Not me😬

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This is a Carolina Chickadee. I have photographed this species once before. In fact, it may have been about this time last year. We saw a few of them after the snow fall this week.

You may wonder what they are doing here in this cold weather. They do not migrate, but this is about as far north as they are found.

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This is an interesting fact is from wikipedia:

Carolina chickadees are able to lower their body temperatures to induce an intentional state of hypothermia called torpor. They do this to conserve energy during extremely cold winters. In extremely cold weather conditions they look for cavities where they can hide in and spend up to fifteen hours at a time in torpor; during this time they are awake but unresponsive; they should not be picked up and handled at this time, as the stress of being held may cause their death.

I need this skill. When we observed them, they were very active and not in torpor.

Cool bird.

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A Red Head

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I added this photo to the video I posted a few weeks ago from Hawaii, but I did not share it here. This was a comon site ... the roam all over the island. I didn’t try to count them, but they were everywhere. This dude was loud too. I loved his colors .. and that red was so bright. He looked lean and mean.

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Trailing Legs

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This is one of my best photos of a Great Blue Heron in flight. She had just taken off, and I was in the right spot, with my camera pointing in the right direction.

The Great Blue has a unique flying style. They have that long neck that they have to deal with, and then those legs .. can’t just tuck those away, so they just let the legs follow, and lead with the neck.

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