Red Headed Woodpecker 1

[altivo]

Red Headed Woodpecker 1
Originally uploaded by Altivo

Gary snapped this today. We've been trying for several years to get a decent photo of a red headed woodpecker. This is only mediocre but good enough to prove that we do have these rather hard to find birds around. Generally we see one only about this time of year. They prefer large dead trees for nesting, and we have several now so perhaps they'll stick around longer.

Comments

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Oooh, nice. Red-headed woodpeckers are cool birds. They're not any commoner here, sad to say.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

There's a second, equally blurry image on my Flickr page.

Thinking about your domain name problem. It looks like charliemonterey.us is also available.

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. The .net and a couple of other options are available. I may be close to resolving things. I'll say more later when I really know stuff.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Ooo lots of pecky birdies :)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yes, and the red-headed woodpecker is considered the most aggressive of the North American woodpeckers. Just so you know. ;p

It is also ranked as "near threatened" due to environmental destruction, so best left alone.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*Humphs* For your information I don't just want to eat the birdies :P I do like watching them too :)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I think I have some better photos of the woodpecker now. Just have to get them out of the camera.