My “pocket of joy” today was the red-bellied woodpecker at the bird feeder. I don’t feed the birds in the summer or early autumn because bears get into the bird seed and tear up the feeders. We had a warm autumn, and people kept reporting bear sightings, so I only recently set up my feeders….
Tag: Red-bellied woodpecker
At the feeder: Red-bellied woodpecker
Lots of red-bellied woodpeckers at the feeder this season. Or it is the same one coming back every day?
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Red
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring – Wood
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Our Daily Visitor: The Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpeckers live year-round in our part of the Southeastern U.S., but we haven’t seen many in past years. In the past few weeks, however, we’ve seen them daily at the bird feeder. Red-bellied woodpecker facts: These birds sometimes wedge large nuts into bark crevices, then whack them into manageable pieces using their beaks. They also…
