A Special Bird Sighting at Vintage Gardens
Included along with our usual full house of guests, Mike and I spent the weekend cleaning up the rose gardens. We unearthed the tree roses and pruned more that 200 bushes. It is always a treat to see the variety of birds flying around us and drinking from the fountain. I was never a bird watcher until I moved here to Western NY. I will always remember my excitement after seeing my first Red Cardinal. We had only been living here a couple of weeks when I spotted Mr. Cardinal in our Cherry Tree. Since that time I have kept a list of all of the birds we have spotted on the property. And it is always exciting each time we spy a new species. We had long awaited one special bird that we had heard about.
This weekend our special visitor arrived. For those of you who have spent some time a Vintage Gardens. Our visitor was in the big Maple tree you can see through the dining room and kitchen windows. Mike and I were just dishing up our lunch, when I looked out back and to my suprise I saw Woody Woodpecker himself. Just twenty feet from the window was a Pileated Woodpecker. I wislpered for Mike to come see, as it went about its buiness of pecking a bugs or something. It is an amazing bird the size of a Crow and wears its colors of black, white and red proudly. I understand from our National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region, that our good friend Kent bought for us, that the Pileated Woodpecker is a very shy bird. There is always something happening here at Vintage Gardens and we feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to see Woody Woodpecker up close. Next time I will have the camera ready!
This weekend our special visitor arrived. For those of you who have spent some time a Vintage Gardens. Our visitor was in the big Maple tree you can see through the dining room and kitchen windows. Mike and I were just dishing up our lunch, when I looked out back and to my suprise I saw Woody Woodpecker himself. Just twenty feet from the window was a Pileated Woodpecker. I wislpered for Mike to come see, as it went about its buiness of pecking a bugs or something. It is an amazing bird the size of a Crow and wears its colors of black, white and red proudly. I understand from our National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region, that our good friend Kent bought for us, that the Pileated Woodpecker is a very shy bird. There is always something happening here at Vintage Gardens and we feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to see Woody Woodpecker up close. Next time I will have the camera ready!
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