Another Storm!!

Got up early and waiting for the what the weather distributors call the biggest snow of the year. It's January..people...and in PA you expect it. This storm is to dump foot on this small town... I don't mind the snow, its the cold temps that get me. Right now its coming down and visibility is about ..what visibilty it all white. Sitting in the sunroom and watching the birds feed heavyly your glad to be warm and snug inside. I have two weeks until my elderly father moves back in and my personal privacy (space) is to be no more.........I will weather this storm and the others that are to come ....

Back to the birds... While the computer was down with a virus and at its doctor for emergency care I enjoyed watching the feathered friends. We have one bird that has us stumped..All the field guides and research leads us to believe its a female three-toed woodpecker. Who is way out of her range. The local Audubon Society (Pittsburgh) thinks its a inmature sapsucker, but they have 4 toes and the coloring and markings are way off. My suet is about twelve feet from the window (as you can see in the flying five pic below) Wish I had a better camera with zoom, or my out-dated camrecorder still had life to get a up close beak to tail photo..Does anyone reading this have any pictures of three-toed woodpeckers, please comments below. She's all alone when shes feeds; not like the downeys or red-bellied that come in to feed..mates aren't far off. It's a mystery ..
The past Wednesday the feeder had another visitor....A Red-tailed hawk....He came in for lunch on the fly, his victim gave him the run for his money but lost...What a sight to watch...Mid air catch..
More later from Lost..........