Woodpecker

This was really neat!  I never observed a Woodpecker with this behavior before.  I could not positively identify this female as a Flicker or just one of the ladder-backed woodpeckers so she may have been a juvenile who did not have full color yet.

She is on the Bradford Pear tree trunk under the bird/squirrel house.

She discovers the house as if saying, "what's this?"

Peaking inside several times, she decides it is a mess and maybe she should clean it!

She proceeds to go inside and starts throwing out the pine straw that the squirrel has made a bed of.

After disposing of some of the bedding, she returns to outside inspecting the bottom of the house to see if there is anything else to be done-ha!  And then she flew off...  Woodpeckers nest in hollow trees so it surprised us when this one looked so at home in the house.

Aren't God's creations fascinating??  I just love watching all their behavior and we are so blessed that we see all of this from the den/sun room windows here in SC!  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back soon. Hugs to you all.

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FLICKER AT THE FEEDER

Ahh, the Flicker!!

 This is a Common Flicker, yellow shafted race, Female.  She loves the suet that we have hanging on a shepherd's staff planter. Hubby took all of these pictures with his Nikon 15X optical zoom in our backyard.
  These Flickers are so vivid in color they appear to be brightly painted!

Common in open country near large trees, Flickers are jay-sized woodpeckers with brown back, no white on the wings, and a black breast crescent.  In flight you will see white rump, yellow or salmon under the wings and tail. 

Often you will see them on the ground eating ants and displaying like this picture below where she has found bugs in the remains of a tree trunk in our back yard.

The yellow shafted race are commonly seen from Florida to Alaska with feeding grounds mostly in the East and Mid West of the continual United States.

 Here in this photo, hubby has captured her beak full of suet and she is needing a napkin-ha!

These are wonderful birds to study and their sheer size and magnificent colors are so pleasing to the eye.  I hope you have been able to observe these wonderful creatures in life where you live.

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♥KERRIE♥
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