Heels over head

I've seen woodpeckers perch at some odd angles before, but for my birthday this Hairy Woodpecker pulled off one I'd yet to witness: completely upside down underneath Mom and Dad's mesh feeder:



A slightly closer look:



It spent quite a bit of time underneath the feeder, working its way from one side to the other:







Another close-up; in this one you can really see how its tail feathers are bent against the bottom of the feeder:



Finally, it apparently decided it was time to stop exploring and get some food:



I cropped in on this one a bit to make it easier to see the seed that's about halfway down its beak:



And there it goes down the hatch: