This dead tree is a favorite with a number of woodpeckers, including a Red-bellied Woodpecker pair that was making a nest that I photographed last month.
While I was checking in on that activity on a recent visit a Red-bellied Woodpecker was nearly camouflaged high in the tree along with what I think was a recently fledged family of Downy Woodpeckers. They were a long way up and I couldn’t get an angle for a good image but did catch this one in flight.
Nice, Ellen! Amazing camouflage in the top photo and the pattern under the wings in the bottom photo is wonderful!
Thanks, Liz! If that bird wasn’t moving I never would have seen him.