Red-bellied Woodpecker

 “What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” 

—Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

 "If you see someone without a smile give them one of yours."

 — Unknown

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 "If life has those moments — ecstasies of health, youth and peace... — treasure them." 

~ Byron Caldwell Smith

Red-bellied Woodpecker - An Autumn Profile

 "Delicious autumn! 

My very soul is wedded to it, 

and if I were a bird I would fly 

about the earth seeking the successive autumns." 

~ George Eliot

Always Continue the Climb

"Always continue the climb." 

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Bird Art - Red-bellied Woodpecker Holds On

 "Smile your best smile at everyone you see. Think about all the things you have to be thankful for... and smile. The world will smile with you." 

 -Frank Bettger

This Print Available - HERE 

Red-bellied Woodpecker in Autumn

"And the sun took a step back,

the leaves lulled themselves to sleep,

and autumn was awakened."

- Raquel Franco

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Red-bellied Woodpecker in Flight

"Wouldn't it be an exhilarating tonic for the soul to take a moment to appreciate the simple, good things in life which are so bountiful...?"

~ Author unknown

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Red-bellied Woodpecker - Backyard Birding

“Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, 

in the process, care for ourselves.” 

― Princess Diana

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Male Red-bellied Woodpecker

"Peace and happiness are always here, 

but they often go unnoticed.” 

― Gina Lake

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. 

~ William Wordsworth

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Just Winging It!

 Male bluebird on a 'tip toe' takeoff!

Red-bellied Woodpecker spreads his wings.

Opportunity is a bird that never perches. 

~ Claude McDonald

Red-bellied Woodpecker at the Feeder

 

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles." 

― Washington Irving 

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Creativity is a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

~ Arthur Koestler

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Birdies Galore

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

 — Paulo Coelho

Bird ID - starting at top left:

Blue Jay, Male Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse

Meadowlark, Red-bellied Woodpecker, 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Snowy Days

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker in the snow

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. 

 - Edith Wharton

To me....the BEST thing about snow - is trying to photograph the birds in it!

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Similar but Different

Both of these are birds (of course), both are females and both are woodpeckers.   The one of the left is a Downy Woodpecker and on the right is a Red-bellied Woodpecker - 

and they both LOVE the Suet on Snowy days!

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences. 

~ M. Scott Peck

 

Hanging Out With Friends

Carolina Wren and Female Red-bellied Woodpecker 

share the feeder

A friend accepts us as we are 

yet helps us to be what we should. 

 ~ Unknown

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Because of Your Smile

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Red-bellied Woodpecker with some snow flurries fluttering down

Artsy Version - HERE 

The Throb Of Amazement

Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.

 — Mary Oliver 

 Female Red-bellied Woodpecker takes flight