Very Welcome Neighbors Ii

Very Welcome Neighbors II The Reticulated Woodpecker mates, made it through the winter…… …..offspring, one of each gender arrive with fanfare! About one quarter the size of each parent, of course the female is the smaller bird…..Ohh, the splendor of the male sibling born with a complete fiery red- crested head. A set of a mini-mom and dad complete. Their parents hangout with them for weeks y l While they learn to f And become self- sufficient. The cozy nest they pecked open wide and filled with natures comforts the parents had prepared in the Winter atop a dying palm. The lovely carved out safe-haven survived through the Spring…..compelled by instinct, the two Adult love-peckers go their own way… …leaving their children behind in a familiar Patch of the woods with their home. p o t The siblings have yet to stray too far. Gazing at the female as she searches A what is left of the dead palm after the nest segment fell to the Ground easily snapping off from all the soaking rains… ....The palm now three quarters of its original height and rimmed with a rigid new opening. I have my eyes on you two!