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Sep 30, 2005 20:27 |  #1

The Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus)are back in town now. Oddly enough, they are plucking the oak trees and then flying their loot over to the granary tree for storage.

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Sep 30, 2005 20:37 |  #2

All right Bob! Nice one!
That is too cool.
What a beautiful bird he is.


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Sep 30, 2005 20:41 |  #3

Wonderful capture, Bob. What a nice bird.


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Sep 30, 2005 20:44 |  #4

Nice shot of the woodpecker. I don't believe i have seen one IRL before.


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Sep 30, 2005 20:50 as a reply to  @ cfcRebel's post |  #5

cfcRebel wrote:
Nice shot of the woodpecker. I don't believe i have seen one IRL before.

The book says that they get about as far east as El Paso, going your way.

Today, where I was, there were about ten of them working the oak trees over an area about 50 yards across. They would sit on limbs in bunches of two or three, think about it, then grab more acorns.

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Sep 30, 2005 21:13 as a reply to  @ robertwgross's post |  #6

robertwgross wrote:
The book says that they get about as far east as El Paso
---Bob Gross---

Nice capture Bob. There's at least one Woody in this town also.


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Sep 30, 2005 21:21 |  #7

Great capture of him storing his food. Some places they will put those nuts in the wood roofs and sideboards.


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Sep 30, 2005 21:22 |  #8

Fantastic! I didn't know they stored the acorns that way.


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