Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Acorn Woodpeckers!


Acorn Woodpeckers
Originally uploaded by Bill Walker.
This morning Ashok and I went down to Guadalupe Oak Grove Park in search of Acorn Woodpeckers with bright green acorns. The very first tree we stopped at yielded some excellent photos, particularly this one. They're very cool birds, both visually and behaviorally. The way they carefully organize their granaries is an impressive feat of engineering for a critter with no opposable thumbs, and their coloring makes them irresistable.

1 comment:

adamwiz said...

I went and read all about acorn woodpeckers 'cause of your neat pictures and intriguing post.

nice!

awiz