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Today's Bird- the Pileated Woodpecker

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By Lightning Bolt โšกPublished 7 months ago โ€ข 1 min read
Dryocopus pileatus

~~๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿชถ โ€œMany critics are like woodpeckers, who, instead of enjoying the fruit and shadow of a tree, hop incessantly around the trunk, pecking holes in the bark to discover some little worm or other." โ€• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Hammering echoes

through the woodlands; they chisel

rectangular holes

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Big, crow-sized bodies

their laughing calls inspired

Woody Woodpecker's

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_________________Boltโšก

Compare the two โ˜ ๐Ÿ‘‡

More of their amazing sounds! ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Can we all relate to that Longfellow quote or what? โšก ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Lightning Bolt โšก

Bolt โšก aka Bill, a bizarre bisexual bipolar alliterative epileptic Taco Bell Futurist ๐ŸŒฎ โ˜‡ a sexy โ™’ Aquarian oddball with an erratic brainโ†ฏ๐Ÿง โ†ฏ Author of comedy, poetry, sci fi, & horror.

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  • Tiffany Gordon7 months ago

    Cute stuff Sweet Bill! ๐Ÿฅฐ

  • to think-- I am delighted to have seen pileated woodpeckers 5 times... loved how the 'chisel angular notes"

  • When I go to Alnwick I see and hear lots of Woodpeckers, thank you for sharing

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