Recent Posts Tagged With 'woodpeckers'

• Time Out for Woodpeckers

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 22:00 in woodpeckers, dogwood, red-bellied woodpecker

  It isn't unusual for me to do that--drop everything, grab my camera, and run out the door to see if I can find the woodpecker that just announced his presence. My camera is my trusty companion on these ventures, like a third eye, allowing me to see m...

• Welcome Home Downies

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 22:00 in woodpeckers, downy woodpecker, backyard feeding

  I was only gone a few days, but I made fresh suet when I returned and what happened next made me laugh. I could hear the birds gathering as soon as I put it out, obviously remembering winter time servings.I looked up from the blue jay in the previous...

• Downy Portrait Day

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 16:07 in woodpeckers, suet, downy woodpecker, suet recipes

  There seems to be something magical about rain. I love to step outside while it's still dripping, while everything feels and smells so fresh. The world comes alive with activity.This was one of those moments. There were so many birds singing, flying ...

• Pileated Woodpecker—Part II

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 09:30 in Tennessee, woodpeckers, pileated woodpecker

  As I was watching this male pileated woodpecker hammer a decaying log, I kept wondering, why he intermittently raised his bill?At first I thought it was a defense or alert posture. But as I continued to observe, I realized he was eating, swallowing t...

• Pileated Woodpecker Heaven

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 05:00 in woodpeckers, pileated woodpecker, bird photography weekly

  And that's not so much a place, as it is a moment. A moment that lasted for more than 25 minutes.It was one of those times when a call lured me out the door, though I wasn’t sure right away what I heard. Within seconds I spotted a female pileated w...

• Pileated Woodpecker Pays a Visit

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 18:05 in woodpeckers, pileated woodpecker

  I had just loaded my car and was about to depart for my journey to west Tennessee last Friday when I heard the call of a pileated woodpecker. It is certainly not the first time I've heard this call in the yard, but this one seemed close by.The situat...

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 08:00 in woodpeckers, yellow bellied sapsucker

  Woodpeckers are among my favorite birds, though I begin to wonder if every bird I encounter doesn't eventually fit into that category. The more I observe, photograph, sketch and read about each species, the more I appreciate their unique characterist...

• A Tail Bracing Party

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 08:30 in woodpeckers, great smoky mountains national park, nuthatch, cades cove

  I visited one of my favorite places yesterday, Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I was certainly not alone. It was Columbus Day holiday for many, the last day of a four-day weekend AND fall break for the university and area scho...