To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Red-breasted Sapsucker excavating
Walking through the woods near the Willamette River today I became aware of the faint tapping sounds that tell you a woodpecker is somewhere nearby excavating a nesting cavity. Eventually I spotted this Red-breasted Sapsucker about 25 ft. high on the side of a Cottonwood tree, which appeared to be quite healthy, except for one dead limb. The Sapsucker had chosen a spot on the main trunk directly below that limb. I'm guessing that there must be some dead wood in the trunk there, and the Sapsucker was able to detect that as a good place to dig.
Walking through the woods near the Willamette River today I became aware of the faint tapping sounds that tell you a woodpecker is somewhere nearby excavating a nesting cavity. Eventually I spotted this Red-breasted Sapsucker about 25 ft. high on the side of a Cottonwood tree, which appeared to be quite healthy, except for one dead limb. The Sapsucker had chosen a spot on the main trunk directly below that limb. I'm guessing that there must be some dead wood in the trunk there, and the Sapsucker was able to detect that as a good place to dig.
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