Rose Breasted Woodpecker

This little fellow has been showing up lately at the window feeder with a girlie...I am wondering if perhaps they are thinking about starting a new family?

Last night's wind whistled and roared all night long! Because the "high winds alert" was supposed to end at 2:00 am, I figured it would be calm when I got up this morning. Not so, though!

I watched out the window as this little chap hung on to the side of a small Maple tree...he was there for what seemed like forever. I took out the camera, and as soon as he spotted me and the big lens honing in on him, off he flew!

My little red-headed friend was not gone long before he returned. Once again, he clung to the Maple. I managed to get a few shots of the wee one before the bonafide whiteout snowstorm began!