Wondering if they should return south?
The flock of robins is back in our yard this afternoon, devouring the remaining buckthorn berries and, I assume, trying to stay warm. I wonder if they are appalled as I am at yet more snow, arriving just after a series of warm, sunny days melted almost all of winter's white mounds.
Still, signs of the changing season continue to appear. Yesterday, Richard took me out to the large cottonwood at the end of our driveway. The base of the tree was surrounded by a substantial pile of relatively fresh wood chips.
Looking up ... way up, we saw the unmistakable large, deep, oval hole of a pileated woodpecker, the largest woodpecker in the northeast U.S.
A pileated woodpecker's work
We rarely see either of the dramatic, but shy, mates (or their offspring) that we assume still nest in our woods, but it is nice to find signs that they are still around.
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