Red White and Black

I picked up this L*K stitch once again. I am determined to finish the flag!

This stitch is red, white, and blue, by my header says red, white and black...

because...

On Friday morning this magnificent red, white, and black bird flew in for a good look.

It's a male Pileated Woodpecker.  He got engaged in aerial combat with a Cooper's Hawk before both large birds decided they each could hang out in their own (separate) tree.

I owe some of the clarity of these photos to the great zoom capabilities of my camera.  See the shining bright eye?

I probably had a good ten minutes with the bird before he moved on.

The red on the head - intense in the sunlight.

Working on a small hole.

In profile.

Chipping away.

See his tongue?  It is long and sticky - the better to grasp insects from inside the tree branch. 

He'd been hanging around the edges of field of vision for the past couple of days...

Today he picked a tree in the backyard.

As you can see I could not stop at one or two photos...

...there were lots of great ones.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Perhaps someday you'd consider eating at my suet  feeders.