Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Sapsucker at Work
Well, I showed you the sapsucker wells, and here I have for you the sapsucker. Now I know these are not very good pictures, but let me explain the circumstances. The holly tree on which the sapsucker has decided to dine is outside my bedroom window. I was closing the shades on Monday morning, and noticed a bird in the tree. The sapsucker. So I hurried to get the camera before it flew away. But it flew away anyway. So I waited, very still, and eventually it came back. The wells are below the level of the window, and I didn't think the sapsucker would stay around if I opened the window, so the pictures were taken through 2 panes of glass and at a downward angle, and relatively in the dark because these are the main branches of an evergreen. So that's why these are not high-quality photos. But the bird is clearly identifiable as a yellow-bellied sapsucker (which has not yet gone north to nest as of April 3).
And if you're not into grainy, poorly-focused pictures of birds, try the nice flower pictures. This year's flowers appear to be about 10 days ahead of last year's. I would have thought the drought might hold them back, but that doesn't seem to be the case. We got a little surprise thundershower this morning, and a somewhat heavier thundershower on Monday evening, but no drought-busters. Capital Weather has some really cool pictures of lightning, cherry blossoms, and monuments around the Tidal Basin in DC - all at the same time.
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