Another beautiful morning. We woke up around 9:30 and lazed around with our coffee around the fire pit. The weather sure had been good to us this weekend. We sat and talked about what a good time we had and discussed some plans for next years gathering. One plan was to reserve a different site early on in the year (maybe as early as February). With this in mind we took a little walk around the park to scope out which sites would be on our list for first choice. We are hoping to have more people next year so we wanted a larger site or maybe even two sites side by side.
| We were taking pictures of the sites so that we wouldn't forget which ones we liked. We decided on site # 41 and # 42. They were along the beach, large and shady and had a nice little wooden fence running along them which gave them character.  |  |
When we got back it was time to pack up. The birds were particularly busy with their singing this morning. I scanned the trees looking for them while we packed up.
At first I didn't see any birds; I could only hear them. But then as I looked closer I could see a couple of woodpeckers close by.
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I had a hard time getting their picture at first so I went to the empty campsite across from us (those campers had left earlier in the day) and just sat quietly for awhile, waiting and hoping they would come closer. That worked and I was able to get a couple of close up shots.
This is a female Downy Woodpecker. The males have a spot of red on the top of their head. I read that males and females have separate feeding areas in fall and early winter, with pairs forming by late winter. In winter it often joins roving mixed flocks of chickadees, nuthatches, and other birds in the woods.
I spent quite a bit of time watching the woodpeckers but eventually it was time to go. We really enjoyed our stay at Driftwood and we are looking forward to returning next year for another get together with the "Chicks in the Sticks" girls retreat.
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