Cropped, sharpened, composite of two images.

The Downy Woodpecker, male, visiting the suet bag feeder. The upper image captures the woodpecker closing its eyes during the pecking. This particular bird visits daily several times to feed. I make the suet by melting beef tallow in a sauce pan and pouring it into large Red Dixie Cups filled with a high protein seed mix of cracked corn, almonds, wheat, white millet, black oil sunflower seeds and red milo. Yesterday's visitors had seven species including - Mourning Doves, Juncos, Chickadees, Goldfinches, House Finches, House Sparrows and the Downy Woodpecker...all at the same time.