1/17/10 by Sarah Bagwell

"Northern Cardinal" I witnessed my neighbor, Mitch, trying to scare the largest woodpecker that I have ever seen out of a tree in his front yard with a snowball this morning. I quickly grabbed my camera and ran out the door and ended up tracking this elusive pecker from tree to tree snapping pictures only to come up with empty tree branches and clouds 40 feet up in the air. Ultimately, the woodpecker flew East towards Matt's Bar and he was soon replaced by my favorite South Minneapolis bird; the Northern Cardinal.