Wednesday, December 2, 2015

GOD'S CREATURES WOODPECKER

I tried to get pictures of a woodpecker this summer.  It was in a tree in my friends front yard.  Never got those pictures.  Little did I know that there was one right outside my door.  The first two pictures I took a week or so ago.  The rest I took this week.  It lets you walk real close to it.
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7 comments:

  1. Angela TuckerDecember 2, 2015 at 7:47 AM

    Good morning, Marilyn. You have prettier woodpeckers than we do! LOL Our's don't have the speckled feathers. Very nice pictures. Have a good day.

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  2. New York State Of MindDecember 2, 2015 at 7:56 AM

    Good Morning Angela,
    We do have pretty woodpeckers. LOL What was funny is that I couldn't get pictures of any woodpeckers at my friends house and my neighbor said we have them here. I said where. He said right outside your door and sure enough we do. I like the speckled feathers. Hope you have a good day, too.

    Marilyn

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  3. SueAnnDecember 2, 2015 at 12:15 PM

    That's a Downey....female..the males have a little red spot on top of their heads.

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  4. New York State Of MindDecember 2, 2015 at 2:11 PM

    Hi SueAnn,
    Does that mean it's not a woodpecker or is Downey a type of woodpecker? Thank you for telling me.

    Marilyn

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  5. DynnaDecember 3, 2015 at 7:22 PM

    Very nice photos of the Downy woodpecker. I feed the birds and love all the different woodpeckers that come. I have 5 varieties where I live. My feline girls and I enjoy all the birds. I liked the farm photos also. Side note, there is the Downy Woodpecker and the Hairy Woodpecker. They look alike but the Hairy is the bigger variety.

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  6. SueAnnDecember 3, 2015 at 10:25 PM

    Right- it is a woodpecker..just a Downy- its name...the Hairy is bigger, like dynnamae said...and the chest feathers are a little different..you would have to see them side by side to know..if you have never seen them...

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  7. New York State Of MindDecember 5, 2015 at 10:00 AM

    Hi dynnamae n, and SueAnn,
    Thank you for telling me. I didn't know. Sometimes I use a friend of mine's bird book that was her Mother's by the National Something organization. I asked her for one for Christmas. It shows all the northern birds with pictures, with a description and other information. I have a little book, but I need one like she has. I borrow my friends, but of course, she always wants it back. So maybe for Christmas she will be get one.

    Marilyn

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