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##### It was a little bit sunny last Wednesday, the day after it rained ice. Then there was no sun until yesterday! This is the Red-bellied Woodpecker, a funny bird who runs off big birds if necessary, with utter confidence, and always alone on his/her own. The Red-bellied Woodpecker is a great bird to watch. She has a gray and red head, the male has a fully red head. You can see her "red belly" feathers:

https://i.imgur.com/RKH60h7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CzNwjGN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YN5Whve.jpg

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##### Snarfing snowbird. I'm surprised I've never seen a hawk come down and get one of these vulnerable feeder birds. I'm glad I've never seen that! Cats love my yard, that's for sure.
https://i.imgur.com/jhlbgpd.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4dUbNhz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HfOs2df.jpg
##### The snowbird, also called Northern Junco or Slate-colored Junco (I've heard Dark-eyed Junco, too), is a migratory songbird that arrives in the American Midwest around Thanksgiving and leaves in early spring to go back where it must be cold as f-ing hell, like the f-ing Arctic Circle. Aren't they cute? Who winters where it's cold? Silly bird. (This pic was taken Feb. 5th.)
https://i.imgur.com/xiqdEvf.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/3N894dO.jpg

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