Today we take a quick look at the most delightful of our winter woodpeckers, and that would be the Downy. It's certainly a common enough bird: I believe it can be found all year in almost the entirety of North America. And it readily accepts feeder foods. Why so delightful? I confess to finding the bird possessed of what seems like a zany earnestness in its behavior. This is of course anthropromorphism at its worst. But tell me the Downy doesn't look a little eccentric in its expressession, and as it maneuvers to just the right perch. We have one that lands nearby, peers intently at its feeder of choice, bobs its head a little, and in a rapid fling pops over to the feeder. And I swear it has a crazed look in its eyes. Pure entertainment. And they're none too fussy about what we offer. Good deal!
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