Mystery Bird has been identified! Red Bellied Woodpecker

aka: Pic à ventre roux (French)

American: RED BELLIED WOODPECKER !

yes, and here is the skinny on RED,
you can even hear what it sounds like (no windows open here, 4 above, wind chill: -15 !

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker.html#sound

we are near its northern extreme, from which it might head south. BUT IT HASN'T, maybe the winter will end soon?

NO SQUIRRELS seen all day . . . they are lurking, I can feel their stares.