Woodcraft

[poliphilo]

Matthew and the guys are here today, chopping up the fallen tree. My mother heard the chainsaws and asked- in all innocence- if it was Aileen singing.

Matthew pointed out how the trees- including the one that fell- are riddled with woodpeckers' nests. So the little fellows we see at the feeders live locally; It's nice to know. Mind you, they're weakening the trees. And that's life on earth; you can't build without breaking.

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[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Woodpeckers are such delightful birds. We have three species here, the smallest about the size of a sparrow and the largest nearly as big as a crow.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We see two types here- the Greater Spotted- which comes to our feeders- and the Green- which is shyer but sometimes stalks across the lawn looking for insects.