Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Paws for alarm





In other news, here's a Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus.







(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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31 comments:

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

You have very small hands, thunder.

Jennifer said...

And they're really hairy!

Awesome woodpecker photos! They do look prehistoric.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Thanks, people.

I spent a lot of time trying to get those pics (the 2nd three, that is...the first two just required my sister's wolfhounds).
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Laura said...

Shoot! I was going to say that your legs were very hairy! :(

Great pic's of the woodpecker. Must be quite the zoom you have on your camera. :)

((HUgs)))
Laura

Dragon-King Wangchuck said...

Mebbe you're using teh wrnog pills. Next time try Valium he ate it woodpeckers.

Laura said...

How do you keep your shoes so white??

Mandos said...

*gasp* There's no left foot tag on your post. How will we train our automatic video recognition systems???

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

The pileated woodpecker is one dramatic looking bird, very memorable.

Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

You keep posting pictures of your foot to get the ladies all a-twitter, don't you?

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Laura, the secret is the tripod and the remote. Even with tha telephoto, those birds are shy.

Mandos, thanks for pointing that out.

Error: corrected.
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Jennifer said...

Laura, the secret is the tripod

Your left foot is part of a tripod???

:-0

Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

NOT A FAMBLY BLOG.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I can't take you folks anywhere!
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zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Your left foot is part of a tripod???

he's a mutant, judging by the other two legs.

Thunder's remake of the Daniel Day-Lewis movie: My Left Foot and Left Paw.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

NOT A FAMBLY BLOG.

Agreed. But I it makes me sad and scared when fish and Mandos fight, and this is the only place to hide.

Jennifer said...

NOT A FAMBLY BLOG.

Agreed. But I it makes me sad and scared when fish and Mandos fight, and this is the only place to hide.


Perhaps Laura will go over and save fish, now that she's crushing on him... or crushing him. I can't keep up. And I can't watch her do that, but I could watch her put him in the freezer. :)

Jennifer said...

he's a mutant, judging by the other two legs.

The hybrid Manimal Tripod. Santorum would not approve.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

it makes me sad and scared when fish and Mandos fight

Red Rover, Red Rover, is it time to send Plover right over?
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zombie rotten mcdonald said...

The hybrid Manimal Tripod.

...with lupus, apparently.

Jim H. said...

I swear that pileated was in the woods behind my house just last week.

Smut Clyde said...

There's no left foot tag on your post.

ITTDGY has a left foot tag? I suppose the authorities have to keep track of his whereabouts somehow.

Substance McGravitas said...

How do you keep your shoes so white??

A consistent flow of bird poop must help.

Rachel said...

Good move with the remote, what with the disruptive noise of all those sundry gimped up limbs dragging their way across the deck.

What a beautiful bird!

Rachel said...

"gimped up..." AND braceleted!

Rachel said...

"gimped up AND braceleted..."
AND variously haired and pooped upon...

AND all being dragged forth by extremely small hands.

lisahgolden said...

I'm all atwitter. With woodpecker envy.

Vonnie said...

Wow. That woodpecker is amazing!!
Great pics, as always.

fish said...

That woodpecker doesn't look all that awesome considering the amount of pilates he is allegedly doing.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

He's eating Paula Deen suet, fish.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

She's a lady Pileated...note the lack of red goatee (aka malar area).
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Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

That woodpecker doesn't look all that awesome considering the amount of pilates he is allegedly doing.

That made me chuckle.