I am not sure what this male Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) saw on the tiny branch on which he was perched, but he was examining the tip of the branch closely when I captured the first image last week at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Gradually the little bird shimmied his way along the branch and pecked off the little branchlet near the end of the branch. I am not sure he found any insects there, but it seemed to make the perch in the final photo a bit more comfortable.
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Curious little fellow!