This morning, we heard very distinct woodpecker knocking-pecking in the trees near us. We walked around looking with binoculars but did not see anything. It was very rhythmical and long-drawn-out. And hollow sounding as well. I saw two likely candidates, two dead spruce a ways away, but from where we stood, no sign of a bird. We did see a female hairy woodpecker a little while back, so we know there are some woodpeckers around. We just haven't seen many in our backyard lately.
Other than the woodpecker, other birds lately have been our fall-early winter birds, boreal and black-capped chickadees, nuthatches, gray jays and steller jays. An occasional magpie, a few pine siskins. One redpoll. Our Sterling friend reports pine grosbeaks and swans. Seems exotic compared to our meager sightings lately. Always thankful, though, for the chickadee and nuthatch calls. They are faithful customers.
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