...a sleepy-eyed baby Downy Woodpecker rests on a dead willow branch to watch what was going on around her (later during the summer, the entire dead section of the tree, including this branch, came tumbling down. During the winter our Cooper's Hawk and our Red-shouldered Hawk perch in the dead tree, giving us fantastic views of them, but no more. We already miss the dead part of our half-dead Weeping Willow tree).
...she decided to soak up a few rays of sunshine and remained in this splayed-wing posture for a minute or so!
...a juvenile male Downy Woodpecker stakes out his peanut claim!
Female baby Downy Woodpecker
Male baby Downy Woodpecker
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they sure are cuties! :) sorry about that tree, though! i hate losing a great perch!
Hi Kelly
Great photos I have never seen young woodpeckers it was a real treat.
Regards
Guy
They are such cute little critters. Nice photos as always!
:) bought a smile on; how totally adorable; great photos.
I have just joined as a follower and will add you to blogs I like. Woodpeckers are quite hard to see here and these pics of the babies are really special. :-)
wonderful photos. I love the Downy's, especially the young - so cute
dan
Sweet babies!! But how disappointing about the tree. Love your photos! ~karen
These babies are adorable. Hope you don't lose all your perches for your feathered visitors!
Lovely pics, a real privilege to be able to watch them develop I'm sure :-)
Absolutely stunning sequence!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
These little guys are beautiful. Great pictures, thaks for sharing these.
Lovely shots Kelly.
Hope they continue to visit.
It sounds like you have a forest in your backyard Kelly. These guys are so cute. Carol
Hi Kelly...I love the woodpecker family!!
These are great shots of the Downy!!
Grace
Cool photos love those woodpeckers...Im painting some right now in fact (on wood )
...thanks, everyone for the kind words! These two young Downies were adorable. I especially loved it when they showed up outside my kitchen window, pecking away at the peanut dispenser.
We had two young ones that visited the feeders together here also, Kelly. Hope to see them closer up on the back porch, where we feed them in the winter.
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