I had a little bit more time today, so I headed off to the Henne refuge to see if, maybe, just maybe, the Red-headed Woodpeckers had found their way "home" after departing in May. But wherever they went to breed last spring, the parents and kids have not returned to the marsh to spend the winter. Maybe, just as happened at our suet tree a few years earlier, the Red-headeds are really quirky about their cold-weather venues. In any event, I didn't spot any and haven't on numerous autumn trips to the Henne, so I think this is not going to be our year to host what is, after all, an endangered species in Connecticut. Still, the refuge wasn't entirely devoid of interesting birds, even if they were all commoners. This White-throated Sparrow proved obliging, as it fed happily on briar berries and let me move in quite close for a nice portrait.