This little male Downy Woodpecker was one of five that we saw on the Snakeshead (near Sundre, north of Calgary) Bird Count yesterday (part of the 109th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count). This little guy was at a feeder in someone's garden on a farm.

My group of four people saw the following 16 species:
Rock Pigeon-1
Downy Woodpecker-5
Hairy Woodpecker-1
Blue Jay-20
Black-billed Magpie-16
Common Raven-33
Black-capped Chickadee-67
Boreal Chickadee-6
Red-breasted Nuthatch-3
White-breasted Nuthatch-5
Brown Creeper-1
American Tree Sparrow-3
Dark-eyed Junco-1
Pine Grosbeak-17
Common Redpoll-9
House Sparrow-16

We travelled 97 km by car, 2 km by foot, 5 hrs by car, 1 hr by foot, 1 hr. feeder watching.
Snow depth was 10-12" and the weather was sunny, -30C all morning, warming to -13C in pm. Light wsw wind. We also saw Coyote-1, Red Squirrel-2, Mule Deer-18. Also 2 Bald Eagles and 1 Rough-legged Hawk outside our territory.