Housekeeping is for the birds

There's a lot to do before settling into a new house.  For starters, there's the mess to clean up left behind by previous tenants.

This male red-bellied woodpecker spent most of the morning cleaning out the remains of a bluebird's nest.  Bits of this and bits of that got tossed to the wind as he readied the nesting box for new tenants and a future family.