The female Downy Woodpecker returned to our feeding station almost a week ago, but it was not until yesterday that we saw the male with her. When she is alone, she will sit on the arm that holds the suet or on the suet itself while I stand on the deck 15 feet way. When he is with her, both are off as soon as they see my shadow on the inside of the glass of the deck door. Still, he spent a lot of time in the trees beyond and above the feeding station yesterday, and I was able, thanks to the digitally enhanced reach of the zoom on my OM-D E-M10, to get some decent shots of him foraging. That little red cap on the very back of his head makes him such a jaunty fellow 🙂 (Or that is what I think.)

Camera as above. 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent with 2x digital extender for 1200mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred. 1/800th @ ISO 500 @ f6.7. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.