Red-bellied Woodpecker

Something Stashed Away For some time she had been working diligently hammering away at the decaying tree bark, employing her formidable bill, wood shavings flying everywhere. At first I thought the Red-bellied Woodpecker was searching for insect larvae secreted away in the woody framework. But then she pulled out a nut [acorn or hickory] … something stashed away. ~ Anecdote and Red-bellied Woodpecker capture, Something Stashed Away © Jerry L. Ferrara