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Piliated Woodpecker or, as Willow taught me, dicky bird.
Piliated Woodpecker, there actually are two, one is behind the tree, being coy ⓒ Bearspawprint 2014
As soon as I looked down, the second bird flew away. I think the one I could see told the other one I wasn’t looking, for that tiny instant. Sub-audial? Bird sign-language? Dunno, but something.
When standing on the ground, so that the length of their legs can be seen, and they are balanced at a different angle, they are quite dinosaur appearing.
ⓒ Bearspawprint 2014
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What a beautious bird!!
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Dicky birds are kinda beauteous 🙂 They also look like dinasaurs 🙂 🙂 Thank you Willow, for explaining what a dicky bird is.
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I love dicky birds 🙂
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🙂
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https://bearspawprint.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/cleansing-whispers/
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They are spectacular birds. On my one visit to the States, I saw numbers in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. We don’t have anything similar in Britain, but the Black Woodpecker is widespread in continental Europe and it’s similar in size and habits though not as colourful.
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That is very interesting Simon. Thank you. I would think that the Black woodpecker would appear quite colorfully beautiful, especially in contrast to a wintery landscape. 🙂
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_woodpecker
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