Red-bellied Woodpecker

While in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago, I had three sightings of a Red-bellied Woodpecker, two of which I was able to some photos. The first was at Olmsted Park. I only got a quick glimpse of it through my camera lens, but it was enough for me to be pretty sure of its identity.
Then later I got a much better view as seen in the upper two images above. It was fairly high up in the tree and had a bright canopy of rear lit leaves in the background, but I managed to get images that allowed a positive identification.
Finally, I got some closer, less obstructed views as seen in the bottom image, but I could never get a shot of its face. I did, however, get a good shot of its back.
There are times that the only way I have been able to identify a difficult bird is via bits and pieces of it obstructed by leaves and branches in multiple images, but the sum total of all of them gives me enough information to identify the bird. That was not the case here, but the combination of images gives a more complete representation of its physical characteristics.

Eastern Phoebe

I'm always a bit unsure when it comes to Flycatchers, but after researching this one for a few days, I'm pretty sure it is an Eastern Phoebe. The thing that concerns me is that I did not notice either of the birds I saw bobbing its tail as is described in just about every discussion on its behavior. Nonetheless, an Eastern Phoebe does seem to be the best fit in all other categories.
The bird in the top two images was the first bird I photographed on my birding outing in Atlanta. There was a nice clearing as I entered Olmsted Park and the Phoebe was sitting on a branch as if to welcome me to the park.
I saw another one in Fernbank Forest at the small pond. It spent a lot of time fly catching over the pond from the fence it is perched on in the bottom image.

Carolina Wren

Another business trip. At first I didn't think I would be able to fit in a birding outing, but then an additional meeting came up causing me to stay an extra day, leaving Thursday open. I took the opportunity to visit two parks near the Georgia Tech Hotel where I was staying; Fernbank Forest and Recreation Center and Olmsted Park.
Olmsted Park was a unintended stop. The local Audubon Society highly recommended Fernbank Forest and Recreation Center, but it turned out that it didn't open to the public until 2:00 PM on weekdays because it is used in conjunction with the local elementary school.
As it turned out, I wasn't quite sure where the Taxi should drop me off to enter Fernbank Forest so I decided to be dropped off at the Fernbank Museum. Turns out it was about a 1.5 mile walk from there. Along the way I happened to notice Olmsted Park. I'm glad I did as it turned out to be more active than Fernbank Forest.
One bird that was quite plentiful at both sites was the Carolina Wren seen above. The two images are from Fernbank Forest. Their behavior was similar to Wrens I see in the Portland metro area; spending a lot of time low to the ground in bushes and quite active.
This one posed in the open for me for a bit and a shaft of light through the trees hit it nicely. Only thing I should have done differently is to lower the exposure just a bit as the birds face blew out just a bit.