A bird on the bell .....

First off, it makes one wonder if the neighbours might have been scratching their collective heads as to why I was taking a picture of their house as not everyone one would figure out right away there was a bird between me and them.

Today's entry is a Downy Woodpecker. Ah, yes, you may think - but how does she know it's not a Hairy Woodpecker.

What - you mean you didn't ask?! Well I'll tell you anyhow because what the heck, I'm here - you're here....

Size matters. Oh c'mon now - you didn't think this was birdy porn. I mean, it's all in the beak. The beak on these guys is not so ... er, woodpeckerish, being less protrusive (is so a word). Oh and you'll have to trust me on this point until tomorrow, yes, as clearly you can't see the beak at all at the moment.

And that is today's ornithology lesson.