Downy Woodpecker - Logan Lake, BC Along the late fall path on the south side of Logan Lake was the tap tapping of a woodpecker. Closer inspecting among the chickadee's was this little Downy Woodpecker checking the trees for insects below the bark. If you watch close enough, some of those taps are not to get through the bark, but to locate potential prey. Once the bird is satisfied that the sound could lead to food, that is when the bark flys. You can see where he had found a bit of something under the bark on the trunk under his feet. Michael W Klotz - www.TheBirdBlogger.com
Downy Woodpecker - Logan Lake, BC
On a cold morning, I stopped to see if I could get a look at some of the resident Chukar near Sun Rivers Golf in Kamloops. It turned out to be a very easy camera shot that day as several of the birds were picking the fruit from this Russian Olive quite near the road. They are a released bird here in this area but do very well in and around the golf course hiding in the dry wash as well as feeding in the fairways.