Day 18.013: Cold at the cemetery

For the first time in three weeks, I was back at the cemetery with the nature group this morning. It was less bitterly cold than the last couple of mornings, but I hadn't attempted a sunrise wander in search of birds and mammal tracks in the snow on either of those days.

Here are two photos I took this morning (at some risk to my fingers):

Red-bellied woodpecker - for once living up to its name

I learned today that the black spots on the white outer tail feathers are distinctive of the downy woodpecker relative to its larger cousin the hairy woodpecker

And for a bonus here are two from home:

A rather elegant-looking mourning dove at our bird bath today

And a photo taken with my iPhone with a bit of help from my new spotting scope of a red-tailed hawk that landed quite a way back in the woods during our counting days at the weekend. It was too far away to count, but I was pleased with the photos I got.