
The birds are gathering into their winter "guild". Several of the woodpeckers are back again -- the Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens, the Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus, Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus, and the big Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus. This Red-bellied Woodpecker helped himself to sunflower and safflower seeds.