Mr Downy

Today the matched pair of Downy woodpeckers, Mr and Ms, spent a half hour investigating the little crannies of this European white poplar, just three or four metres from the rail of our back deck. So, leaning over, I got some nice close-ish close-ups of each of them.

I kept hoping they'd both be in the frame together but I had no such luck. So here is the prettier of the two, Mr Downy -- prettier only for that splash of red on his head.