we had a lot of rain this past week...
and as sometimes happens, the trees get waterlogged...top-heavy...
and they SNAP, or just keel over...roots lifting out of the ground.
this time, it snapped.
the whole top half of the tree...on the ground...
making for some good hunting grounds for anything that has a taste for bugs.
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| Gray Catbird |
nearby, waiting his turn...
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| Cardinal |
nearby...also waiting his turn to enter the tangle of branches, leaves & vines...
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| male Anole on a Bromeliad |
a dragonfly also in on the action...
otis...a blur of motion on the branches...
off to my left...looking as though he just went for a swim in our 'swampy-ish pond' out back...
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
same bird...scratching his face against the tree!!
caught him with his eyes closed!! really weird looking!
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if i turned that picture sideways...i think he'd look dead.
yep.
so while the critters are feasting...
sam's starting to cut some of it back.
no rush.
OK. one last picture. THIS is my lucky shot of the week...month? year?
it's that Red-bellied Woodpecker that made a nesting hole in this tree you see him on.
i didn't realize until i got the pic on the comp, that there's a dragonfly in the pic too!!
cool!
have a good week coming up.
be safe.
