Red Belly Peckerwood!

[bigdawg]

From this morning!





Dawg

[bilybianca]

Aaah, it's a beauty. What sparrow is it?

Kjell

[bigdawg]

bilybianca wrote:

Aaah, it's a beauty. What sparrow is it?

Kjell

No sparrows Kjell. The ones in the bottom photo are a cardinal (red) And a female house finch!

Dawg

[baltochef920]

bilybianca wrote:

Aaah, it's a beauty. What sparrow is it?

Kjell

Continental sparrow or English sparrow??..

[penolta]

baltochef920 wrote:

bilybianca wrote:

Continental sparrow or English sparrow??..

House Finch (English Sparrows have no stripes below).

Dawg, I grew up in Florida, where there were plenty of these Red-bellied Woodpeckers around.I would awaken in the morning to the sound of theseguys bangingon the buildings'aluminum drainpipes - better drumming posts than tree trunks (their way of advertising their territories and attracting a mate) - and certainly a more ringing endorsement than the dull thunk a palm tree provides!

[bigdawg]

penolta wrote:

baltochef920 wrote:

House Finch (English Sparrows have no stripes below).

Dawg, I grew up in Florida, where there were plenty of these Red-bellied Woodpeckers around.I would awaken in the morning to the sound of theseguys bangingon the buildings'aluminum drainpipes - better drumming posts than tree trunks (their way of advertising their territories and attracting a mate) - and certainly a more ringing endorsement than the dull thunk a palm tree provides!

They do that here...quite often you can drum on the front porch posts (Western red cedar) and one will come around. They sure are funny poking their heads around the tree trunk then popping back out of sight!



Dawg

[ennacac]

Those Woodpeckers are so colorful, the ones we have here do not have that much red on them. Nice shots.

Tom

[bigdawg]

ennacac wrote:

Those Woodpeckers are so colorful, the ones we have here do not have that much red on them. Nice shots.

Tom

Tom..I hope soon to get some Red Headed wood peckers as well. They usually start showing up around the end of March here!

[Motorman]

Nice RHWP....I have about a dozen comments I could give but chose"Nice"to keep it that way...LOL..

Nice lens Dawg!

Larry

[bilybianca]

I googled the house finch. Funny, birds are often the opposite of humans. The guys are so beautiful, the gals dull or plain. With us it's the opposite... and I'm glad for that!aranoid:

Kjell