It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: woodpecker

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What the peck?

>> Thursday, August 2, 2018 – woodpecker

The other day I noticed this downy woodpecker on the yucca flower stalk:

Hmmm -- what's he doing there?

Busy!

>> Thursday, April 17, 2014 – nest, woodpecker

Oh, hello there! Can't really stop to chat right now, as I'm actually quite busy you see.

I know you're not very close by, watching me through that camera lens, but I'm going to keep an eye on you anyway -- nothing personal. You don't mind if I keep working, do you?

A few quick thoughts

>> Saturday, November 9, 2013 – animals, grasses, woodpecker

I've got an early-morning blood donation appointment at the Red Cross this morning -- seemed like a good idea to make it for the morning, but as I groggily type I'm not so sure now.

I have a few quick things to show you this morning, starting with this. Woodpecker damage, or something more sinister? These holes are all over the trunk of my neighbor's beautiful magnolia -- I hope it is just woodpeckers.

Lesson taught

>> Tuesday, July 31, 2012 – birds, woodpecker

I've been seeing as many downy woodpeckers as hummers at my hummingbird feeders lately. I assumed it was just a single downy that couldn't get enough of the sugary drinks, but the other day while it was raining I got proof that it's at least two.

This juvenile (on the left) was being taught by its parent how exactly to work this liquid candy machine.

What kind of feeder is this?

>> Saturday, July 24, 2010 – hummingbirds, wasp, woodpecker

This is supposed to be a hummingbird feeder. You know what those are, right? Usually red, holds sugar water for the hummingbirds to eat. This year I've got one of my feeders hanging from my climbing rose trellis, so it's right outside the kitchen window. I see it dozens of times a day without even trying.

Why is it that most of the time I look out there I don't see hummingbirds, but this guy?

Various Unrelated Observations

>> Saturday, June 12, 2010 – bamboo, fungus, moss, woodpecker

Often times when I'm taking photos in the garden I see something that doesn't lend itself to an entire post. Maybe it's something I do that doesn't require more than a photo or two, and a couple of sentences.

I've collected several of these recently, so today I'm going to just group them all together. Hope you find some of them to be interesting.

One mystery solved!

>> Thursday, May 6, 2010 – bamboo, caterpillar, woodpecker

The other day when I transplanted some coreopsis seedlings, I saw that they all had heavy leaf damage:

Something has been eating the leaves -- every seedling in this pot is essentially leafless. I've been keeping an eye on this for a few days, but never saw any signs of the culprit.