Christmas downies

On Christmas Eve afternoon, Shanna and I sat for a while on the deck bench outside Isabel's window watching the squirrels and

birds and enjoying the truly fine weather. Shanna was just about all straight on which was who among the chickadees and juncos when a downy woodpecker showed up. It would land on the redbud trunk and then flit around, one side, the other side, invisible around back, then it came right out on the front of the trunk and posed. I pointed out to Shanna that she was the female, with no red on her nape. And just then, exactly in time for illustrative purposes, here came the mister and posed for us, just to show off his red feathers.