A casual early afternoon glance down at Cayuga Lake from my study
just now was distracted by my suet feeder that is mounted above the
west porch: It revealed a RED HEADED WOODPECKER for about 5 minutes
of spectacular beauty! I hope it returns! This is my first in about
10 years high on Teeter Rd.
This Red Head flew, after several minutes of busy feeding on the
suit, into our nearby dense tree which serves a a resting place for
our feeders. This has been especially true for species that i did
not expect to see depleting our suit feeders, including red Wing
Blackbirds, Blue Jays [with little success in their feeding], and
other Blackbird species.
I hope the Red Head returns, and maybe moves in....
After stopping last week on the way to Montesuma to look
unsuccessfully for the reported Redheaded Woodpecker in the woods
along next to highway this one was a delight. Today was especially
rewarding from reflections on my childhood about 65 years ago in
rural Missouri where visits to country farms frequently showed me the
Red Heads in the tree-hedges along the country farm fields.
--
Watt W. Webb
Professor of Applied Physics
S.B. Eckert Professor in Engineering
School of Applied & Engineering Physics
223 Clark Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-2501
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