March 22, 2013

Before the Downpour

"What's that smell?"

There are a couple of pieces of decomposing wood in my backyard which served them lunch. Not breakfast because it was pretty late in the day. 11am. Well... I guess they still get the "worm."

Fascinating!

We stood at the window and admired their presence in our backyard. I did some research and found them to be pileated woodpeckers. Man, they really can peck! And so loudly too! I'm so curious as to how they would know there are bugs in the wood... By hearing? Scents? And look at how they can support themselves sideways. Amazing!