Roy Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 Great photo, Lew! Yanno, every time I see or hear one of them I always think how good it would be if I could make my electronic's connections in the boat as solid as the nerve connections in their heads are.
mr blizzard Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 Fantastic, had the priveledge of seeing one up close for real on Vancouver island.
lew Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Posted April 4, 2013 Yeah, it's hard to believe they can pound the trees as hard as they do without knocking their little brains loose. He was hammering a mile a minute when I took that pic and that's why his head looks fuzzy. There's 3 of them around here I see all the time but this guy is determined to kill that tree of mine. All 3 of them were sitting side by side on a limb outside the window one day but by the time I got the camera they'd taken off.
kickingfrog Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 They're not the ones killing the tree. They're eating the "bugs" that are killing/killed the tree.
irishfield Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 They're not the ones killing the tree. They're eating the "bugs" that are killing/killed the tree. 20 years of watching them in the yards both here and in Temagami..... it's a little of both!
Radnine Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 Yeah, it's hard to believe they can pound the trees as hard as they do without knocking their little brains loose. He was hammering a mile a minute when I took that pic and that's why his head looks fuzzy. There's 3 of them around here I see all the time but this guy is determined to kill that tree of mine. All 3 of them were sitting side by side on a limb outside the window one day but by the time I got the camera they'd taken off. Someone studying concussions or Parkinson's should be looking at them not humans. I am glad to have one thing in common though - a functional pecker. (c'mon, someone had to write it) Jim
lew Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Posted April 4, 2013 I hear ya Rob, but when that woody is pounding away on the tree with the chainsaw for a beak, and the woodchips are flying as he digs 2" wide holes, it's hard to think about the bugs
lew Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Posted April 4, 2013 I am glad to have one thing in common though - a functional pecker. (c'mon, someone had to write it) Jim maybe that's why woody appears to be smiling Jim LOL
kickingfrog Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 20 years of watching them in the yards both here and in Temagami..... it's a little of both! A healthy tree can withstand a hole from a woodpecker. Woodpeckers will not put multiple holes in a tree unless they are finding food.
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