Three-toed Woodpecker female

This female Three-toed Woodpecker was not exactly co-operative this morning. She was behind a bunch of dead leaves and tiny branches most of the time I watched and when I did manage to catch her more out in the open, she was hanging upside down : ) These attractive birds have such beautiful, striped feathers. Rather a strange angle captured here, but just posting for the record.

This evening, I decided to edit and post seven photos from today, 1 January 2019. I only took a few photos and they are really just record shots, so I thought I would get them out of the way - I need to get back to editing photos from Day 8 of our two-week trip to Ontario and Quebec in May 2018!

This morning, New Year's Day 2019, I joined friends to go on the annual Fish Creel Park New Year's Day Bird Count. The road and parking lot to the area that my group covers is closed for construction. This meant having to park elsewhere and then walk down the hillside from the top of the cliff.

The weather was beautiful, with blue sky and sunshine. We are all really enjoying this mid-winter weather, much deserved after several brutal winter, especially last winter. Unfortunately, there was ice everywhere, under a thin layer of more recent snow.

Our walk went from 9:00 am till about noon. After that, many of us drove to Tim Horton's for coffee/lunch and thoroughly enjoyed being able to sit down and chat. Such good company for these few hours.