downy woodpecker.

This downy woodpecker won't land on me, but it will come as close to me as the tree branches will allow while I'm spreading the dope...oops...I mean...the peanut butter. Meanwhile, there was a large hairy woodpecker going from branch to branch above us, squeaking in annoyance because I was...

Like the hairy woodpecker that earlier had landed on the post of this feeder, this male downy just could not figure out that there was no food on the post. He went up and down it, and all around it, poking and pecking on the post, but never seemed to realize all he had to do was land on the top...

I was out back on my patio taking pictures of my iris garden and I happened to turn toward my bird feeder and WHAT A SURPRISE!!! This lovely little bird is a downy woodpecker. Usually they are way up in trees, shy, jumpy and difficult to spot. I was fairly close to this one, my camera battery...

You don't always need a long lens for bird photosPS It is not by digiscope either.