Great Spotted Woodpecker in our garden*

[Call Me Wesley]

Since last Thursday, we've had a regular early morning visitor to the hanging peanut-and-suit feeders in the conifer tree at the edge of our little meditation garden. After some research at the Swiss Ornithological Institute website (listening to woodpecker calls and looking through photos), we've determined that our visitor is a Great Spotted Woodpecker. We are just calling this guy/gal "Spot." You can read more about the Great Spotted Woodpecker here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Spotted_Woodpecker



*Thank you, XemaSab, for the bird wisdom, and Maestro, our favorite DU bird photographer, for the inspiration. :yourock:

[cwydro]

1. Oh, how cool is that!

We have lots of the redheaded ones down here, but I've never seen one of those.

Great picture too!

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Thank you!

We have other ones here, but they usually stay away from people. ;)

[DeepBlueC]

2. beautiful!

:)

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Thank you!

I grabbed the camera quite often only to see her/him fly away when I was ready. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Call Me Wesley!

How cool! I'm guessing they're not normally seen in your neck of the woods?

Love the pic!

He's obviously a very smart bird to have picked such a lovely spot to live in...


I'm posting from Munich...tomorrow our trip/tour actually starts in Basel...



:hi:

:hug:

[cwydro]

4. I loved Munich!

How's the weather? I am so jealous.:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear cwydro!

Beautiful, and quite warm! Sun's out with a bright blue clear sky!

:hi:

Don't be jealous, sweetie...some day you'll get to do this too...:hug: :hug:

[cwydro]

12. I was there in May once too.

Very nice. Have a big stein of beer for me!:toast:

[Call Me Wesley]

7. We have quite a few here, six kinds to be exact,

but this is the first one coming this close. Usually, you just hear them peck on some strees somewhere. ;)

Enjoy Munich and Basel! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Six kinds!

Wow!

There will be other cities later...you'll hear all about it!

Thanks, sweetie...:hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Really nice photo. Beautiful Bird.

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

11. It really is.

Thanks for stopping by! :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Aren't you afraid that green condom will fail?

I mean, it's got 'oles in it. :shrug:

[Call Me Wesley]

15. Well, it does

cover the nuts ...

I'm cracking myself up now. Cracking, get it? Nuts, cracking! Bwaahhhaaa!!!!

[AllenVanAllen]

14. Very cool!

We love watching red-bellied and downey woodpeckers visit our hummingbird feeders. They don't mind giving us really close looks at them either! Thank you for sharing!

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Thank you!

The ones here are very, very shy. I wish we had hummingbirds here. :hi:

[Bertha Venation]

17. Oh, fantastic!

:thumbsup:

:loveya: Family Wesley

[Call Me Wesley]

19. Thank you!

:hug: Ginger's asking though, "Why are you feeding this big thing?" ;)

[annabanana]

18. What a pretty bird!

Our local Avian Americans are not quite so colorful..

Chickadees, grackles, pigeons, seagulls, mockingbirds, an occasional robin. We have one cardinal that stops by sometimes..

[Call Me Wesley]

20. Cardinals are so pretty.

We don't have them here, but last year (very, very rare in this state) one of his relatives came to visit us (Bullfinch):



:hi: