The past three days - from Friday afternoon through Sunday morning - I've been prowling around the local lakes in my neighborhood - all within a 9mi radius of my house - looking for wildlife. I've put up a few of those pics here and there, but decided to consolidate them in a single post.
Downy Woodpecker (male)
Downy Woodpecker (female)
PS. I noticed the woodpecker nest on Friday. That day I only saw the father gathering insects for the voracious appetites of the twittering chicks (which I heard but never saw). This morning, when I returned to the woodpeckers' home, I saw both parents constantly flying to and from it, with a fresh supply of food.