Off the deck
My father had his deck rebuilt (mostly by his kids) and in the mornings it's a wonderful place to sit. In the afternoons just now it's too hot, but in the spring and fall it'll be nice - although it's west facing, the trees are very high and it's in shade except right at noon. I've seen a lot birds, and heard even more. Here are some of them.
Here's a red-bellied woodpecker.
![red-bellied woodpecker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircIIOHZGroXVD5MG4ZYB1ueulsI_tuL_H4EOOg1SeB_kSulQN5_8XbY_jTkbBIMaP4gbvi0p21e0OqfHVtS2Gu4xIZRVmNDt2obrN5i5sM845xGYvutJ6W4p_YHSwHz3SKuKLwA/s400/photos+041.jpg)
And here's the logcock - the pileated woodpecker. There's a pair; this is the female.
![pileated woodpecker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKvuSB5sCal7bSY7lb0embdEpyceka65EOFl4-78JWBlf8DaFWj5rwUK7y40JaUcuXILvAL1oKpMogvXpXtLcmOJdTy6rDRVZ0QOLQoc7aJmrkcmZWTHFl-uFk3UKPFbr5pQ4bg/s400/photos+016.jpg)
When I snapped this I thought it was a titmouse. It's not ... I think it's a phoebe?
![phoebe maybe](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyCHuyz5QD-MqdSf3yGmUBV-xhAUK4RjJy-Z8xTm8EGjUZLVDJXHt7nQjpptcr-Wjg80xx87NIBeehdGzCH_UBqmybGbotMOvChL8k-cTEKgWtjJvkBzcOj2-ty7jKPwilGzb3A/s400/OR+205.jpg)
![phoebe maybe](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjforBdykneEJ7_bjHpeoKQxoQubBiCXB9iEMJJ_uy7eg_sRzloWhWguO4g26t5eSFyJk33biNW8s6mJ_O29YIr6WVcmBEvxuxDVeMAnbAgYC-9l1eTQ97j5QHeZjBlpJzeVlEENQ/s400/OR+203.jpg)
Here's a titmouse, rather out-of-focus, sorry.
![titmouse](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oPsgHX5vn9B1jApWFuBjed8m5Fflbgo4fNLDgU1btF7b6JzCIHmXVDrN7wuw_7mvERrpVlyUlZLot9WrFqOFx-QkYNY09eY8VRpNbN_lQu99tm38r3geW01tOlR51cRaJ8wcYg/s400/OR+133.jpg)
And this, of course, is a crow.
![crow](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2qFFiwCVHIRjXsGGqP-1djPDzmEhXOB14tZyA69cfo-W5NqwIG5YbzhVjiUXzEtXUdlYJ2-3zy8WVLUtojgfL_QQ4mb0WjoARpt37CcUTGPbrVxF1wSfVdlE5prGWSeOoKfCWw/s400/OR+109.jpg)
Here's the 'rain crow', a yellow-billed cuckoo. He did herald rain (a day later, but still...)
![yellow-billed cuckoo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismbvDyoHG9Gc4FRS5E5Fb3Q-mAF-WYVJN5yU9ZeutqA2Yp5TnrzFNrGN8R6MxYwhtvKAEGdEzKHjTBCA0LvTwaiEz3eWX6edcaOtTlX8SLoCGqIz5bYy0umXpXXtKjlHsmVf0GQ/s400/Yellow-billed+cuckoo+3.jpg)
One of a pair of Carolina wrens hollering blue murder about something.
![carolina wren](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2slcIiH88SJBkbO2tHH9LHs3S6L-dolYmjKfwyVmBbV-387p-oBf8Bva5KIxyP07x9OgXs3YcLrJU-fj8H7lj3lf1Gb3bWKFo2ouJSJF6eqVXVLAGVzsQ9Cp718WtvZBakHhUA/s400/photos+100.jpg)
And the other... their alarm calls were similar but distinctly different in pitch.
![carolina wren](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE89IbseURX4eIM7A4UQv5U5Wzq1gsBytsenRZ8u99NsXtOxCdLgt0IpuWFAHgI1IBdCSzNAPkHj6qHyNvOu04WqgKePSaHzxWoD7Xu74DARXz3iN5rsuNeYtcHUmdmWK79MRpw/s400/photos+103.jpg)
And this female cardinal has definitely seen better days. There are five or six cardinals here - three males for sure - but the males have been stubborn about getting out of the leaves...
![female cardinal](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-SjyZwWtNl4P54kMrmGYS78hzNV2YN4wlxiwp3xPta17wuUbXSGzlc-jiZCP8JY-InRjx_0JPPQbs3C0eIebDDbfGeZqgwYEjpZ7MyWsYG5YoS-FouuUuIVMTpIgKDmk4uzfXg/s400/photos+087.jpg)
1 Comments:
I'm jealous! I've been taunted by a red-bellied woodpecker for a week -- he visits our feeders, but leaves as soon as I get near the window with a camera.
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