Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers look very much alike. When you see one without seeing the other, it can be very difficult to know which one you are looking at. We get both types at the feeder. Yesterday, I got one… Read More ›
Hairy Woodpecker
SO MANY WOODPECKERS
I don’t know if this is the breeding season or maybe there isn’t much else for the woodpeckers to eat, but I put out suet for them every day. For the last week, I’ve been putting out more because we… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 61 – HAIRY WOODPECKER
Downy and Hairy woodpeckers come to feed on the suet. I have photos both in one picture. This Hairy male has been working over the tree that shades our deck. It’s got some kind of boring insect problem. The woodpeckers… Read More ›
A DOWNY AND A HAIRY WOODPECKER WALK INTO A BAR TOGETHER
NO! That never happens. The two birds hate each other. And yet today, it happened. I did the best photography I could given that the lens was very long and it was hard to get the entire picture of both… Read More ›
ONE HAIRY WOODPECKER
There are two birds that look almost the same. Both are woodpeckers, but not related despite looking so much alike. The difference between them is size. The Hairy Woodpecker (as opposed to the Downy) is much bigger. The smaller woodpecker… Read More ›
A HAIRY WOODPECKER
We seem to have collected all the big birds who have pushed out all the little birds. I barely see any of the finches or Chipper Sparrows. We see Brown-Headed Cowbirds, Black-Capped Catbirds, Blue Jays and the larger woodpeckers, the… Read More ›
IT WAS A WOODPECKING DAY WITH A HINT OF SQUIRREL
At the gathering of the woodpeckers, a lady Cardinal dropped by. She seemed unfazed by the larger, long beaked birds. She just ate her seeds and ignored the big, rather flashy Hairy Woodpecker — who was, after all, a girl… Read More ›
THE HAIRY WOODPECKER RETURNS – ALL SQUARES AS THE MONTH IS ENDING
The hairy woodpecker is back! She has been coming daily and eating a lot. I don’t know if she has a nest full of babies or she’s trying to eat enough to keep warm in the oncoming cold. It has… Read More ›
SO MUCH WOOD, SO LITTLE TIME …
Kinda like a lady who pecks the wood Here are the rest of this set of pictures of Mrs. Hairy Woodpecker. I have are more pictures, but they look pretty similar to these so I probably won’t do anything with… Read More ›
KINDA BUSY PECKING WOOD
Something of the kind who like to peck wood I’ve been watching this family of woodpeckers remove almost all the bark on one side of a catalpa tree that shades our deck. I have to assume that the tree had… Read More ›
HAIRY WOODPECKER AT WORK
I got up this morning and there was a hairy woodpecker working hard on a tree. He wasn’t where I usually shoot, but I managed to find a window that was clean enough to shoot through and I got some… Read More ›
SPARROWS, WOODPECKERS, AND CAROLINA WRENS
We got a bit of rain yesterday and today, but not enough. Not nearly enough. We are in a stage called “serious drought, ” but we may move into “dangerous drought” by the end of next week. Not surprisingly, living… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 