Hairy and downy woodpeckers co-existingHoney left her small pen to take a stroll in the snow and check things out as a Lily Fan captured in this 2½-minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngCGDURS5ys.
Out the window the last couple days, the hairy and downy woodpeckers learned to share. Both are males with red on their heads. The red on the big hairy has a dark line down through it, unlike what I see in bird books. I don’t know if this is a local variation or if it can be variable everywhere.
The redpoll male posed nicely looking like an emperor, one person said.
Both red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatches put in appearances.
A black-capped chickadee posed nicely with the low sun lighting him or her nicely.
A pine siskin joined the redpolls, as is common. Pine siskins stand out because of the yellow on their wings.
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| Chickadee | Common Redpoll | |
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| Pine siskin | Red-breasted nuthatch | White-breasted nuthatch |
I’m seeing some clever promotions of the new bear food page http://www.bear.org/website/how-to-help/bear-food/donate-now.html.
One is the picture of Honey using her paw for a plate. The other is this video of Lucky eating his breakfast loud. (Be sure to have your sound on) He has an efficient way of eating romaine lettuce at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiHmBLhDJY8.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center