Winter Squirrel, Woodpecker, Chickadee, Unknowns

All taken near a winter feeder ....need some help identifying a couple.

1. Squirrel

nice -- what lens did you use?

Great shots! Number 6 &7 I would say are yellow finches in their winter plumage, The first one looks to be a male the last one a female.By summer time the male will be very bright yellow.

very nice, 2 and 5 are my favorites. i can't get them to come near me.

Cool shots; agree with the calls. Chickadees are ballsy little birds and it's not too hard to get one to visit an open hand, given the sunflower seeds look enticing.

#4 is an American Tree Sparrow and #6 & 7 are American Goldfinches, as stated in winter plumage.
Al

Thanks for the replies and identification....
Bikervon - I used the lens you have - Canon 55-250. Not sure if this is the best but is what I can afford here in Ont.
Yes Kevan & rick, if you are patient and have the right food (sunflower seeds) they will land briefly. I learned you must prefocus and shoot with a fast shutter speed for all of these critters.
Grizz1 & CDMOOSE - thank you so much for the info....I knew we get goldfinches here but didn't know they stayed for winter. Ironic the 2 unknown birds are "american" up here in Canada....in WINTER!! The sparrow should keep its original name - the Winter Sparrow.

Excellent series of "feeder" images Spike.
One bird Al left off, your woodpecker is a male Hairy Woodpecker. And the nuthatch is correctly ID'ed as a White-breasted. You should consider posting in the Bird section so more of us birders will see.

Thanks CamFan01 - I have another with birds which I will post there.

very cool -- I just got the 55-250 recently -- nice to see what it is capable of!

Oh yeah... the woodpecker is the Downy woodpecker -- I get one in my backyard every now and then.

Bikervon wrote in post #13807070
Oh yeah... the woodpecker is the Downy woodpecker -- I get one in my backyard every now and then.

Sorry Von, that's a Hairy Woodpecker.

Thanks for the correction guys...I posted the others in the Bird forum as Camfan01 suggested
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1144010

CamFan01 wrote in post #13807273
Sorry Von, that's a Hairy Woodpecker.

Whoops -- guess I didn't look at the size of it -- I get the little downy woodpecker in my back yard.