Photos of little ones in the neighborhood growing up

[Omaha Steve]

These are photos of juvenile Red-Headed Woodpeckers . The youngsters lose their black feathers over the winter as they grow. The third picture down has a Downy Woodpecker in flight. Marta took these photos through the glass wall in a dining room.

Marta and I have been invited to display some of our photos to a bird watching group next month at Fontenelle Forest: http://www.fontenelleforest.org/

[frazzled]

1. Beautiful and fascinating

Thanks for posting

[anasv]

2. moulting in the winter

the definition of non-optimal.

But, gorgeous.

[Aerows]

3. I went outside last night

and had the HELL scared out of me by this huge owl. It was hooting it's little heart out. I wasn't expecting it so close by, and there was this deep, loud "Who, who!" in the dead of night. LOL.

Red headed woodpeckers are beautiful. I've seen a few down South, here.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Just the black hoodie feathers, not the body feathers

Eventually they become a maroon color as you can see.