"Tis the Week Before Christmas, and All Through the Woods...

It's not even Christmas yet, 

but the flickers have already been taking down the decorations on the old dogwood tree in our front yard.

They seemed to be having a good time doing it.

Gulp!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Linking with Wild Bird Wednesday

Stripes and Polka Dots

Woodpeckers are always a welcome sight around here.

At first light, this yellow-shafted flicker visited the birdbath...

and drank its fill.

From a nearby tree, 

the diminutive downy woodpecker looked up from its perch...

and flew off into the blue.

Linking with Wild Bird Wednesday
and Weekly Top Shot

Bird I.D.

Is the Yellow-shafted Flicker a woodpecker?

Is the Pope a Catholic?

Thanks to Georgia B. for her excellent animation tutorial (click here to see it),and to Kim Klassen and Leslie Nicole for the use of their textures.
For an amazing look at animated clouds,check out Cathy's site,A Bit of This & and A Bit of That.
Linking with World Bird Wednesday.