The second image in the series looks at wood shavings on fresh snow. This is the work of a Pileated Woodpecker who has been shredding the tree in search of larvae. The Pileated is the largest woodpecker in North America (assuming the slightly larger Ivory-billed is actually extinct).
When I snowshoed past here yesterday, it occurred to me that the shavings would fit nicely into the theme. An exposure was made; one that would barely be worth noting, were it not for the circumstances.
Read about Pileateds here.
JOHN TODARO 