Wacky Weather and Woodpeckers

Posted By on March 12, 2009

It is hard to believe that 2 days ago it was 80 degrees and today we had a beautiful snow shower.  It was coming down in big fat flakes.  A true winter wonderland.  Now it is more sleet than snow but Samuel noticed Woodpeckers in the yard tearing up what was left of a stump.  This fall the boys were practicing with their hatchet and chopping up stumps that were in the yard.  These woodpeckers were the largest woodpeckers I have ever seen!  Thanks to the internet we found out that they are PileatedWoodpeckers.

Pileated Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

If you click on the name in bold it will take you to information on them.  Turns out, they are the largest woodpecker in North America.  They also stay on the property all year long so I have a feeling we will be seeing them again soon.  All of their digging for bugs has attracted all kinds of other birds for the scraps.  There are Cardinals, Goldfinches, Wrens, Titmouses, and Chickadees.  We have a Pileated Woodpecker pair, a male and female.  The male is pictured above.  The female doesn’t have the red stripe on the cheek.

You just never know what you are going to get out here in the country.  Y’all come back now!

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I am a work at home Mom of two of the best boys ever. I am a Nationally Certified Master Groomer and have been grooming out of my home for the last 12 years. We have recently moved to Greenbrier Tn on 27 acres. We are new to the "homesteading thing" but we are excited to learn. We hope to be filling our farm with many critters and a garden. We are homeschoolers so everything is a unit study to us. It has been fun to see the boys help Dad cut firewood. We will also be learning how to build a chicken coop in the near future as well. I have been making handcrafted soap lately as well and I am seeing an improvement in that business as well. It is all natural vegetable and goat milk based soaps. Can't wait to share this experience with everyone.

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3 Responses to “Wacky Weather and Woodpeckers”

  1. Casey says:
    March 16, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    we have woodpeckers down here too I hear them early in the morning when I’m taking sophie grace out

  2. admin says:
    March 13, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    Oh my goodness! What could they possibly what on a metal air conditioner? I thought they were Downy Woodpeckers but all hopped up on speed or something because it looked like their “hair” was sticking up like Don King. We had Downy Woodpeckers at our last house and I think there are some here as well. Hooray for bird dogs! :)

  3. Cathy says:
    March 13, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    We have several woodpeckers living in our trees & they make quite a racket. I figured as loud as they are, they had to be the big guys like what you have on your property, but no, they are the little ones. What is funny, but nerve racking is occasionally one will start pecking on out METAL air conditioner/heater pump. Sounds like bombs are being dropped on the house when they do that. Fortunately, the 4 dogs quickly chase them away when they do that.

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