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Molothrus ater
This species visited briefly today, February 19th, 2013. The  young Beech trees  provide a nice back-round for photographing these birds.
Their very dark feathers contrasted with the pale light of the cloudy afternoon.
Melanerpes aurifrons
Here is the forest of Morris Park, taken from the living room window. From this forest emerged the Red-Bellied Woodpecker to feed on our bird-feeder.
Sitting on the couch, the bird was spotted. The camera, kept on the coffee table was slowly lifted and poised for photography. At one point, the bird stopped eating and took notice. And then it kept eating.
The wind was howling at 7 AM and snow was piling up fast. The birds were huddling in the courtyard, and taking turns at the feeder, which was running very low on seed.
This bird has its feathers fluffed out to provide more air spaces, creating insulation from the cold.
