Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) by Ian
THE WINTER WRENS’ DEW-DROP BATHS (Relocated)
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The Winter Wrens’ Dew-drop Baths
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The Brave Brown Sparrows In Winter
Sparrow on Branch ©©Bing
THE BRAVE BROWN SPARROWS IN WINTER (Relocated)
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The Race Between The Secretary Birds
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) by Africaddict
THE RACE BETWEEN THE SECRETARY BIRDS (Relocated)
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The Cardinal Bird And The Robin
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) by Daves BirdingPix
THE CARDINAL BIRD AND THE ROBIN (Relocated)
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Bird Tales – The Woodpeckers Bird Band
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) by Daves BirdingPix
The Woodpeckers Bird Band
The Woodpecker family were around on various trees drumming, drumming on the bark. Mr. Hairy Woodpecker, Mr. Downy Woodpecker, and Mr. Red-Headed Woodpecker were hard at work.
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) by Raymond Barlow
“Let’s start a band,” suggested Mr. Hairy Woodpecker.
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) ©USFWS
“What’s that you say?” asked Mr. Red-Headed Woodpecker, who had been so busy at work that he had not heard what Mr. Hairy Woodpecker had been suggesting. “A band,” repeated Mr. Hairy Woodpecker. “What sort of a band?” asked Mr. Red-Headed Woodpecker. “In the first place,” continued Mr. Hairy Woodpecker, “our bills are not only fine tools for the work we have to do getting the insects from the trees, and burrowing for our nests, but they would be splendid to use in beating the drums in a band.” “Where would we get the drums?” asked Mr. Red-Headed Woodpecker. “The trees, of course, you silly!” said Mr. Hairy Woodpecker. “Oh yes, yes,” agreed Mr. Red-Headed Woodpecker. And Mr. Downy Woodpecker said, “Of course, of course. The trees will be our drums.”
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) on Thistle by Fenton
“We’ll get the other birds,” said Mr. Hairy Woodpecker, “to help us. We need something in a band besides the drums. We will ask the goldfinches, the mocking-birds, the bobolinks, the phœbe and chickadee families, all of the warbler and vireo families, and the robins of course. Then I think we’ll ask the orioles, the whippoorwills, the thrush family, and the song sparrows.”
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) by Daves BirdingPix
“Oh,” said Mr. Downy Woodpecker, “that will make a perfect band. We’d better get started right away.” And the woodpeckers began to practise. They made such a noise that the birds came from far and near to see what they were doing. Mr. Sapsucker, Mr. Crested Woodpecker, and Mr. Flicker Woodpecker had all joined in beating the drums too!
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) by Raymond Barlow
“Why are you making so much noise?” asked the birds as they flew around to the nearby trees to talk to the woodpeckers. “Oh,” said Mr. Hairy Woodpecker, “we were just going to ask you all to join our band. We will beat the drums.”
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) by Daves BirdingPix
“And just what do you want us to do?” asked Mr. Robin Redbreast, who was always eager to help. “You must all sing.”
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) by J Fenton
“But we all sing differently,” chirped a song sparrow. “We know different tunes and different songs.” “Oh,” said Mr. Hairy Woodpecker, “I never thought about that. But never mind, you can have little parts to sing alone, and other choruses where you will all sing together. I’m sure it will be a very fine band after we have practised.” And they began pounding the drums again. “Well,” said Mr. Robin Redbreast, “if the bird band isn’t to be the finest in the land, at least we’ll make a cheerful noise!”
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) by J Fenton
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Daddy’s Bedtime Bird Stories – Gutenberg ebooks
By
Mary Graham Bonner
With four illustrations in color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis
These stories first appeared in the American Press Association Service and the Western Newspaper Union.
Many of the sketches in this volume are the work of Rebecca McCann, creator of the “Cheerful Cherub,” etc.
Daddy’s Bedtime Bird Stories by Mary Graham Bonner – 1917
Lee’s Addition:
Psalms 98:4-8 KJV (4) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. (5) Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. (6) With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. (7) Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (8) Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Meet the whole band: (a few missed the photo session)
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Mnemonics – What is That?
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) by Lee at Circle B
Mnemonics – What is That?
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How The Little Redbird Became Red
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) – ©WikiC
HOW THE LITTLE REDBIRD BECAME RED (Relocated)
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Riddlers – The Woodpeckers
The Woodpeckers, by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
A Project Gutenberg EBook
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THE WOODPECKERS
BY
FANNIE HARDY ECKSTORM
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1901
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1901
Title: The Woodpeckers
Author: Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Release Date: January 25, 2011 [EBook #35062]
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COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY FANNIE HARDY ECKSTORM
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
To
MY FATHER
MR. MANLY HARDY
A Lifelong Naturalist
THE WOODPECKERS
FOREWORD: THE RIDDLERS
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Long ago in Greece, the legend runs, a terrible monster called the Sphinx used to waylay travelers to ask them riddles: whoever could not answer these she killed, but the man who did answer them killed her and made an end of her riddling.
To-day there is no Sphinx to fear, yet the world is full of unguessed riddles. No thoughtful man can go far afield but some bird or flower or stone bars his way with a question demanding an answer; and though many men have been diligently spelling out the answers for many years, and we for the most part must study the answers they have proved, and must reply in their words, yet those shrewd old riddlers, the birds and flowers and bees, are always ready for a new victim, putting their heads together over some new enigma (mystery) to bar the road to knowledge till that, too, shall be answered; so that other men’s learning does not always suffice. So much of a man’s pleasure in life, so much of his power, depends on his ability to silence these persistent questioners, that this little book was written with the hope of making clearer the kind of questions Nature asks, and the way to get correct answers.
This is purposely a little book, dealing only with a single group of birds, treating particularly only some of the commoner species of that group, taking up only a few of the problems that present themselves to the naturalist for solution, and aiming rather to make the reader acquainted with the birds than learned about them.
The woodpeckers were selected in preference to any other family because they are patient under observation, easily identified, resident in all parts of the country both in summer and in winter, and because more than any other birds they leave behind them records of their work which may be studied after the birds have flown.
The book provides ample means for identifying every species and subspecies of woodpecker known in North America, though only five of the commonest and most interesting species have been selected for special study. At least three of these five should be found in almost every part of the country. The Californian woodpecker is never seen in the East, nor the red-headed in the far West, but the downy and the hairy are resident nearly everywhere, and some species of the flickers and sapsuckers, if not always the ones chosen for special notice, are visitors in most localities.
Look for the woodpeckers in orchards and along the edges of thickets, among tangles of wild grapes and in patches of low, wild berries, upon which they often feed, among dead trees and in the track of forest fires. Wherever there are boring larvæ, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, the fruit of poison-ivy, dogwood, june-berry, wild cherry or wild grapes, woodpeckers may be confidently looked for if there are any in the neighborhood.
Be patient, persistent, wide-awake, sure that you see what you think you see, careful to remember what you have seen, studious to compare your observations, and keen to hear the questions propounded you. If you do this seven years and a day, you will earn the name of Naturalist; and if you travel the road of the naturalist with curious patience, you may some day become as famous a riddle-reader as was that OEdipus, the king of Thebes, who slew the Sphinx.
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) by Raymond Barlow
Lee’s Addition:
This is the beginning of a series from The Woodpeckers book. Our writer, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, wrote this in 1901. There are 16 chapters, plus this Forward, which are about the Woodpecker Family here in America. All the chapters can be found on The Woodpeckers page.
Woodpeckers belong to the Picidae – Woodpeckers Family.
Here are the upcoming chapter titles:
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| Foreword: the Riddlers | ||
| I. | How to know a Woodpecker | |
| II. | How the Woodpecker catches a Grub | |
| III. | How the Woodpecker courts his Mate | |
| IV. | How the Woodpecker makes a House | |
| V. | How a Flicker feeds her Young | |
| VI. | Friend Downy | |
| VII. | Persona non Grata. (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker) | |
| VIII. | El Carpintero. (Californian Woodpecker) | |
| IX. | A Red-headed Cousin. (Red-headed Woodpecker) | |
| X. | A Study of Acquired Habits | |
| XI. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Bill | |
| XII. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Foot | |
| XIII. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Tail | |
| XIV. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Tongue | |
| XV. | How each Woodpecker is fitted for his own Kind of Life | |
| XVI. | The Argument from Design |
APPENDIX
A. Key to the Woodpeckers of North America
B. Descriptions of the Woodpeckers of North America
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I trust you will enjoy reading about these fantastic birds and how the Lord has created them to be able to carry out their task.
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The Woodpeckers by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
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The Wren Who Brought Fire
The Forgetful Kingfisher
Birdwatching Term – Nape
Blue-naped Mousebird at Cincinnati Zoo)
My son, listen to your father’s discipline, and do not neglect your mother’s teachings, because discipline and teachings are a graceful garland on your head and a golden chain around your neck. (Proverbs 1:8-9 GW)
Nape – An easy definition is the back of the neck.
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