Late Winter 6-6-4

A beautiful, sunny, mild Friday, March 1st 2024 in Erie County, PA. Saturday morning: overcast with light rain. While waiting on the weather, here’s another in BirdingPI.com’s occasional series of Erie winter/late winter birds. First up, the lovely and improbably-coloured Red-bellied Woodpecker:

And an extra-cute Tufted Titmouse exhibiting woodpecker-like foraging behavior:

And beautiful male Red-winged Blackbird on a Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) tree: