It is 65F at 1:50 PM CST. I think it would have easily made it to 70F today if not for the overcast that covered the area around 11 AM. The Red-bellied was working of gathering food in my back yard this morning, before the clouds rolled in. This photo taken with a 50D and a 400mm lens from about 40′. I think this is a young female; the males have an unbroken red stripe on their head:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 
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