Picture That XS: This is starting to look like Woody Woodpecker Week!

For some unexplained reason there have been a slew of Woodpeckers this week (maybe since I put out the feeder?) Regardless they (all species) are one of my favorite birds. I am so intrigued with the way they work with the buidling and the hammering with thier heads and all... maybe because I was a builder and can appreciate watching the little guys bang for days to make thier cozy new home?

It is amazing to watch the way it happens, the patterns of life. The male will come along and work for days on end making the hole in the right tree hammering away until it is perfect. When he is finally all done with the perfectly built home to begin a family he perches over the area and makes a series of chirps and squawks until the female they have mated with comes to see her proud hubbys final project that he magnificently offers to his lovely wife. I have seen this go from start to finish a few times and it always catches my attention... anyway I digress, here is this little male red bellied woodpecker starting to scope out his new mantown.

These were shot with the new Canon 70-300mm I wrote up earlier this week.

Enjoy,
C~