Hundred of holes filled with acorns!

raptorcaptor

1. Acorn Woodpeckers working on their granary! (Both females)



2. This ones got a bit of catching up to do!



3. This guy's not even going to try!



4. Looking in the wrong place!



5. Just doesn't see the point of it all!

Ric Grupe

Tell the hawk that the livestock has to be fed!

That first one is neat as hell, Glenn.

PrescottPhotog

raptorcaptor wrote:

..Acorn Woodpeckers working on their granary! (Both females)

Hi Glenn, Wow, I wonder how many (and for how many years) those guys have been working on those poles. Lots of headaches I bet.
I really like the Snowy too !! All super captures..

riddim_maker

Man, that's an awful lot of head-banging in #1
Very nice set Glenn

Richard

Great set, Glenn. #1 is terrific, but I also love the composition and reflection in #4. Well done.

Regards,

dbaker1221

cool set. ....sorry but I've not heard of acorn woodies....do they put the nuts in there & then beat the hell out of em?

jwear

great shots --what day did you shoot the red --?? I saw it on sunday .Funny I shot a stilt and got the see thru on the hole in the upper mandible just before the wind blew them away I have never seen the practice pole before

Froggy

Really cool stuff here Glen, I love that 1st shot, great job

Steve

raptorcaptor

Ric Grupe wrote:

Tell the hawk that the livestock has to be fed!

That first one is neat as hell, Glenn.

I'm sure he would appreciate that! Thanks Ric!

raptorcaptor

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Hi Glenn, Wow, I wonder how many (and for how many years) those guys have been working on those poles. Lots of headaches I bet.
I really like the Snowy too !! All super captures..

Thanks Chris!

Probably been working on it for several generations. Acorn woodpeckers are unique in that they are communal, and their granaries are passed down from generation to generation.

raptorcaptor

riddim_maker wrote:

Man, that's an awful lot of head-banging in #1
Very nice set Glenn

Thanks Russ!

raptorcaptor

rsinmadrid wrote:

Great set, Glenn. #1 is terrific, but I also love the composition and reflection in #4. Well done.

Regards,

Thanks Richard! It's hard not to get a decent photo of a stilt. I was hoping they would be more active so I could get some flash blurs.

raptorcaptor

dbaker1221 wrote:

cool set. ....sorry but I've not heard of acorn woodies....do they put the nuts in there & then beat the hell out of em?

They store them in, then protect them from other Acorn Woodpecker clans that might try to steal them!

raptorcaptor

jwear wrote:

great shots --what day did you shoot the red --?? I saw it on sunday .Funny I shot a stilt and got the see thru on the hole in the upper mandible just before the wind blew them away I have never seen the practice pole before

Shot the woodpeckers at Starr Ranch which is in Irvine, near some of the fires, on Saturday. Did not do too much shooting on Sunday.

raptorcaptor

Froggy wrote:

Really cool stuff here Glen, I love that 1st shot, great job

Steve

Thanks Steve!

BigAl

Nice set you got there Glenn I've heard about those woodies that store things, but it's the first pics I've seen - thanks for sharing.

raptorcaptor

BigAl wrote:

Nice set you got there Glenn I've heard about those woodies that store things, but it's the first pics I've seen - thanks for sharing.

Thanks Big Al!