Crazy local woodpecker thinks it’s springtime - and he ain’t alone
Posted By John Meyer in Square Pegs on January 3, 2009
I was standing out in the back yard taking in the bizarre (though not entirely unwelcome) January warmth when I heard a knocking - coming not from my chamber door (because I have neither a chamber nor a door), but rather from the next-door neighbor's stately sycamore.
Turns out the knocker was a woodpecker, hammering away on a really nicely-constructed hole up near the top of the tree where it has recently been topped.
What the heck, I thought? I'll head back into the house and see how quickly I can gear up with the telephoto and see if the red-headed chappie (actually a "red-bellied woodpecker," latinate Melanerpes carolinus, if you want to get technical on the subject) was still hanging around.
He was.
Thanks, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS (and EF 1.4x II Extender)!
Travis Bush says:
Great shots!
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Russ Vandeveerdonk says:
Wow, really good pics! I have real small blue-birds around here right now.
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Lisa Lawrence Merritt says:
Wow, at first I thought the headline was,"Crazy local peckerwood..."
Of course, that would discribe most of the male population of Dallas.
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Lisa Lawrence Merritt says:
Opps, pardon my dyslexia but my dis should have read describe. tee hee!
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John Meyer says:
<p>Russ forwarded along this snap of his Tawakoni-resident bluebirds (eastern variety):</p>
<p><img src="http://media.pegasusnews.com/img/photos/2009/01/03/blue_birds_3.jpg"></p>
<p>We don't see these in our urban environment very often; they prefer more open spaces and are more prevalent to the east and north of Dallas.</p>
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John Meyer says:
Oh, and Lisa - I resemble that remark.
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Jason Rice says:
John, you mean by being a crazy local?
And safe to say, Lisa's partying was not confined to New Years
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John Meyer says:
Yep - that's it, Jason. Can't speak to the second part.
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James Scott says:
hope his beak's not frozen to the tree this morning.
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