Possibly more gorgeous than summer!

I was pretty excited when this big girl visited the suet feeder, thinking it was (surely) the regionally-rare Red-headed woodpecker. Just look at that noggin! If there ever was a woodpecker with a red head, that would be it.

Finally managed to get a decent photo of the ruby-throated hummingbird that has been frequenting the feeder this month. My understanding is they return to their nesting sites year after year, so I hope we have a permanent population. I think this girl is preparing for her flight south:

Sent from my iPhone

Taken in Brendan T Byrne State Forest, on the Mount Misery trail, August 15 2009. 

One of my better photos. 

There's no avoiding the fisheye-characteristic of the individual stitched photos, I'm afraid.