Comments on: Birdwatching anyone? http://www.spinordye.com/2007/05/25/birdwatching-anyone/ Blogging from the Fiber Side Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Sarah Ann Smith http://www.spinordye.com/2007/05/25/birdwatching-anyone/#comment-66 Sarah Ann Smith Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:46:13 +0000 http://www.spinordye.com/2007/05/25/birdwatching-anyone/#comment-66 Yep...that's a pileated woodpecker. The other ones around here are smaller, smaller than a robin. I know we have flickers (yellow-shafted, probably), and it is either the Hairy or the Downy woodpecker that is the size of a starling....the latter is the one that is black and white body with red cap. The pileated is the "Woody the Woodpecker" one...remember that laugh? That's the one.... And I know spring is here in my neighborhood when the assorted woodpeckers are back and drumming away in search of bugs.... Yep…that’s a pileated woodpecker. The other ones around here are smaller, smaller than a robin. I know we have flickers (yellow-shafted, probably), and it is either the Hairy or the Downy woodpecker that is the size of a starling….the latter is the one that is black and white body with red cap. The pileated is the “Woody the Woodpecker” one…remember that laugh? That’s the one….

And I know spring is here in my neighborhood when the assorted woodpeckers are back and drumming away in search of bugs….

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