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Pileated Woodpecker – The Pileated Woodpecker

The Pileated Woodpecker Considered our largest native U.S. woodpecker [unless you believe the “Holy Grail” of birds still exists], a Pileated Woodpecker eyes the camera. While these magnificent woodland creatures are avid consumers of insects and larvae they also relish fruit and seeds and, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will even consume such from poison ivy! They are fond of suet, too! ~ Anecdote and Pileated Woodpecker capture, The Pileated Woodpecker © Jerry L. Ferrara

A Diminutive Bundle of Energy The Black-capped Chickadee is a diminutive bundle of energy seemingly in constant motion as it searches its surroundings for meals to fuel its active lifestyle. We have a constant ‘banditry’ of these characters in our yard. ~ Anecdote and Black-capped Chickadee capture, A Diminutive Bundle of Energy © Jerry L. Ferrara

Mini-Sprite The energetic and diminutive Red-breasted Nuthatch is a four-plus inch impish North American songbird. A tiny stick of dynamiteBrings to mind this mini-spriteIts aura boasts it has much mightTo watch one is quite out-of-sight ~ Anecdote, poem and Red-breasted Nuthatch capture, Mini-Sprite © Jerry L. Ferrara

A Brewer’s Blackbird, with wings stretched wide, acrobatically lifts from a Mullein plant. ~ Anecdote and Brewer’s Blackbird capture, Stretched Wide © Jerry L. Ferrara

Double entendre alert! So … a bit of 4th grade humor today. I call this image of a White-tailed Deer buck “Growing a Pair” 😀. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, Growing a Pair © Jerry L. Ferrara

Red-naped Sapsucker The Red-naped Sapsucker is a member of the woodpecker clan and according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology/All About Birds, has a keen fondness for sugary sap. This one, however, was in search of insects on a Western Red Cedar tree. ~ Anecdote and Red-naped Sapsucker capture, Red-naped Sapsucker © Jerry L. Ferrara

Steller’s Jay – A Roguish Spirit

A Roguish Spirit Two views of a roguish spirit, the Steller’s Jay, a ‘sometimes’ visitor to our backyard. We always look forward to their transitory appearances and raucous, bandit ways. ~ Anecdote and Steller’s Jay captures, A Roguish Spirit © Jerry L. Ferrara

In The Early Morning Mist One pristine fall morn I caught this pair of White-tailed Deer doe in the early morning mist near home. The pastoral setting was too much to pass up. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, In The Early Morning Mist © Jerry L. Ferrara

From Atop A Cattail Caught by my camera not too far from home in 2015, a wood warbler known as the Common Yellowthroat gives voice from atop a cattail. ~ Anecdote and Common Yellowthroat capture, From Atop A Cattail © Jerry L. Ferrara

Vox Clamantis Be keen to the call of the California Quail. Vox clamantis, a voice crying out. ~ Anecdote and California Quail capture, Vox Clamantis © Jerry L. Ferrara

North Idaho

Pileated Woodpecker – The Pileated Woodpecker

Black-capped Chickadee – A Diminutive Bundle of Energy

Red-breasted Nuthatch – Mini-Sprite

Brewer’s Blackbird – Stretched Wide

White-tailed Deer – Growing a Pair

Red-naped Sapsucker

Steller’s Jay – A Roguish Spirit

White-tailed Deer – In The Early Morning Mist

Common Yellowthroat – From Atop A Cattail

California Quail – Vox Clamantis

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