Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Wordless Wednesday: Misguided Woodpecker

The other morning I was sitting at the kitchen table, with the slider to the deck open for fresh air, when I started hearing a knocking noise. I turned around and looked through the door to see this female woodpecker pecking at our deck umbrella. I guess she must have thought it was a tree but unfortunately for her there were no tasty bugs inside.



If you are up for a quick video, you can see her in action.





31 comments:

  1. That's hilarious! Maybe he's used to wooden umbrellas?!

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  2. aw man! at least it was nice and soft on her beak for once!

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  3. Poor woodpecker, all that work for nothing, lol.

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  4. Woodpeckers can be such crazy birds! We had one that would come around when I was little and it would peck on this old steel crane tower for hours on end, it seemed to happen every summer. I always wondered what the heck it was pecking at up there!

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  5. huh! it's pretty awesome when you can catch the oddest things on camera!

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  6. Happy Wordless Wednesday! Great Pictures!! I am always trying to catch a woodpecker in action but havent had any luck yet! Hope you have a great rest of the week!

    Steph @ As Told By Steph
    http://stephhightree.blogspot.com

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  7. maybe the bird needed more coffee befire it could realize that it wasn't wood lol

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  8. The ones around here like to peck at our gutters. It vibrates the whole house!

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  9. How totally funny!! I promise I did not copy you this week!! How random is it that we both put photos of woodpeckers on our WW? LOVE IT

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  10. LOL! He certainly does look a bit confused! Too funny!

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  11. Hahah the wood peckers around here do the same thing! It's especially hard on the ears when they are trying to peck at metal. :(

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  12. I hope he didn't put a hole in your umbrella! Cool shot!

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  13. He sure is a determined little fella! Thanks for the linky too.
    Angie

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  14. wow, great photo. And what a silly bird :)
    -Samantha
    www.kreativekaring.com

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  15. How funny! These are great shots.

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  16. LOL that must have been fun to watch

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  17. Hehe! He's a little confused. :)

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  18. Poor, silly bird! We had a red-bellied woodpecker visiting our finch feeder daily a few months back. I'm a little sad that I haven't seen her in a while.

    Jamie @ www.mamamommymom.com
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  19. Must be the bird. My parents had one that used to peck on the metal part of the chimney. It took us forever to figure out what the noise was.

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  20. Poor mama... she's gonna go hungry.
    I hope she didn't do any damage to the umbrella.
    The Shewbridges of Central Florida
    http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com
    LJSBlog@aol.com

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  21. Poor guy! I hope he finally found a tree!

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  22. Hehe, sorry little birdie. That umbrella tricked you...

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  23. Haha! That is too funny! Cute pics. :)

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