Thiele shot this photo of a downy woodpecker, which is smaller in size than the hairy woodpecker, with very similiar coloring.
The hairy woodpecker, featured in this Thiele photo, is larger overall than the downy.
Thiele also reports he has been seeing a pair of what he thinks are brush wolves, or coyotes, the last couple of weekends on the lake. “They appear to be a pair that are denned up nearby,” he notes. “Beautiful animals and covered distances very quickly.”
Local photographer Mike Thiele reports seeing lots of birds, among other wildlife, the past two weekends around his cabin on Rainy Lake. He said he’s seen evening grosbeaks, rose breasted grosbeaks, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jays, and lots of chickadees and red breasted nuthatches.
