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Sarah Blue
outbound
37 Posts
Squaw Valley
California
USA
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 Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 3:36:43 PM
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Vintagechica posted pictures of a beautiful pair of cardinals, which we don't have here. Here's a woodpecker, which we have plenty of. I like them fine, as long as they're not pecking on my house! I love their white eyes and red splash, very dramatic birds. I had to add an effect to this photo to hide the fact that it was slightly out of focus. He's my desktop background currently.
"i believe in god, i just spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 7:54:27 PM
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I'd like to see one of these guys - an acorn woodpecker, right? I usually see a red-bellied on the oak branches outside my bedroom window in the mornings, and have spied a couple of pileated flying over the yard. They're so big & prehistoric looking.
Neat touch-up on the photo, Sarah! And, I've been meaning to tell you I love the FLW quote - sums up my religion perfectly.
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Sarah Blue
outbound
37 Posts
Squaw Valley
California
USA
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Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 10:59:55 PM
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There are actually acorns hidden in holes in that fencepost, which is pretty cool. I'd love to see pictures of woodpeckers other people see where they live. Especially pileated ones; any creatures that look prehistoric amaze me.
"i believe in god, i just spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright
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Elizaray
outspoken
680 Posts
Elizaray
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Posted - Aug 23 2007 : 8:39:41 PM
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I have a woodpecker that is trying to make the telephone pole across the way his home. Do they migrate?
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CountryintheBurbs
outbound
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Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 05:00:18 AM
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| I have a pair of Downy Woodpeckers here in my backyard. They love the suet cakes i put in the feeder for them My kids walk right up to them and they don't seem to mind at all! |
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Libbie
outstepping
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 07:10:50 AM
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That is SO cool, Tammy! We mostly have flickers here - of the Northern variety. They sure are pretty, but I would just love to see a *pair* of them! I can't believe they let your little ones walk up to them - they must be able to "sense" somehow that children usually mean no harm...
XOXO, Libbie
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
1384 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 3:55:09 PM
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We get downies too, and flickers - but haven't seen pairs. The pileated are my favorites - they're just so big & striking. The sound of their pecking resonates through the woods like drumbeats.
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Joelle
outbound
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Joelle
Aptos
CA
USA
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Posted - Jun 30 2008 : 09:07:06 AM
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| Around April/ May we had a Northern flicker pair try to make a nest in OUR nest! Just on the outside of our bedroom wall, near the head of our beds they would begin building their nest at 5-6 am... which I would open my window and declare "GO AWAY FLICKERS"... which wouldn't always deter them, so I would have to go outside to scare them away. After a few weeks of this routine, their persistence would diminish and they finally gave up. Funny birds! |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
1384 Posts |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 09:15:50 AM
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Saw a pair of Pileated fly across our road yesterday. My 5-yr-old asked me if they were the "Oh-God-Birds"! The almost (if not entirely) extinct Ivory Billed woodpecker is also known as the "Lord God Bird" 
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Elizaray
outspoken
680 Posts
Elizaray
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Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 11:05:02 AM
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That is so sweet! Was your 5 yr old disappointed?
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