I had a lot on my mind yesterday, so I didn't get much done, including mowing the lawn. I'll have to get to that sometime soon. But I did notice something odd while I was eating lunch: woodpeckers at my bird feeder!



I used the portrait setting, hoping that the red-bellied woodpecker would be in focus at the expense of the background (which would be a pleasantly blurred green, I had imagined incorrectly). I'm officially through with that setting unless I have multiple take opportunities in other modes without worrying about the subject flying away.

I didn't get a picture of the other woodpecker (and another bird that I couldn't ID which probably wasn't a woodpecker at all) I saw at the feeder yesterday. I'm pretty sure it must have been a downy woodpecker. I've also noticed lark sparrows and common redpolls and maybe blue-gray gnatcatchers hanging around lately in addition to the normal varieties.

I can't believe I'm out of seed already! When I bought that big bag of it a few weeks ago, I thought I had several months' supply.