On Christmas day, late in the afternoon, Mary and I had a seat outside on the terrace in the sun with a warm beverage. We watched as a pair of pileated woodpeckers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_Woodpecker ) started working over one of the nearby dead trees. I’m reproducing the wiki photo here. These are big birds, big as crows, and normally are very shy. I’d only seen one of them before, across the street where you had to strain to see it through the trees. This time they were out, practically in the open, and not only that, in a pair. The wiki article notes that they are usually permanent residents, so it is a real treat to know they are there.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
More Neighbors
On Christmas day, late in the afternoon, Mary and I had a seat outside on the terrace in the sun with a warm beverage. We watched as a pair of pileated woodpeckers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_Woodpecker ) started working over one of the nearby dead trees. I’m reproducing the wiki photo here. These are big birds, big as crows, and normally are very shy. I’d only seen one of them before, across the street where you had to strain to see it through the trees. This time they were out, practically in the open, and not only that, in a pair. The wiki article notes that they are usually permanent residents, so it is a real treat to know they are there.
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