Great happenings in my own yard. Saturday I saw a female Downy Woodpecker at one of the suet feeders for the first time this year. On Sunday I watched a female Downy Woodpecker on the ailing Birch tree, on the street side of my house, chiseling out a nest cavity while a gang of Black-capped Chickadees flitted around excitedly. I was imagining a Birch full of fledgling woodpeckers to photograph.

Sadly, I haven't seen the Downy since Sunday. A pair of ruffian chickadees seem to have taken over the nest cavity. They have been busy flying in and out the past two days removing wood shavings.

There is a short video on Flickr of the woodpecker excavating, -- Sorry, it doesn't always seem to run well there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/diffuse/6868863169/

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