2013/02/17

Wildlife this weekend - Chickadee, Woodpecker, and Squirrel

I walked (part-way) to school today (sunny but very cold) and yesterday.  Tomorrow is Family Day here in Ontario, so a long weekend this week.  Hooray (although no buses at all, so I might walk all the way to school tomorrow or I might just stay home and read and relax, I have not yet decided).

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Took this photo just a few hours ago.  Lots of chickadees around the feeders behind one of the school buildings.  Others were House Sparrows and goldfinches.  Those were all that I saw.

Saw this Hairy Woodpecker along the Parkway Trail yesterday.  It was pecking at my eye-level and fairly close to me.  So I was able to get some shots despite all of the branches in the way.

Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)

Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)


American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Saw this American red squirrel munching on a frozen nut.  I feel chilly just thinking about it.

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