Seward,
Alaska
Seward
received its first real snow of the winter, only about 3-4” in town, but an
effective blanket and barrier over the green grass. I stopped by the Mt Ash
tree on Fifth Ave and listened hard.
Just above the “sooosh, sooosh” of the fat snowflakes
landing on the car, I heard the soft tapping of the RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.
There he was, working away in the snow, tapping from the upper branches to the
base of the trunk.
I suspect he may spend the long chilly nights in the nearby
dense boughs of a large spruce tree as I have seen him fly to the tree when the
magpies bother him.
Speaking
of MAGPIES, Google Youtube for “Windex Magpies.” They sure look like our
magpies, and are very clever!
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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