Red-bellied Woodpecker

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

—Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Downy Woodpecker in Autumn

 “I’m thankful for every moment.” 

– Al Green 

 

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Male Pileated Woodpecker

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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. 

~ Natalie Goldberg

Northern Flicker

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. 

~ Rumi

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Pileated Woodpecker

It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown. 

- Daryl Hannah

 I am not sure what Daryl Hannah was referring to 

in her quote - but I sure can find

a LOT of exciting things in my hometown...

I just have to step outside the door.

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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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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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

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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 

 

At Home In the Forest

Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Forest along Deerfield Trail

Blacksburg, Virginia       

You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest, 

and I smile, and am silent, 

and even my soul remains quiet: 

it lives in the other world which no one owns. 

The peach trees blossom, The water flows. 

 ~ Li Po

Red-bellied Woodpecker Close Up

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

~ Natalie Goldberg

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Feasting at the Suet

A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles 
~ Unknown

One of my many blessings are the birds that visit my feeders. This is a Male Downy Woodpecker. He has such a vibrant spot of Red on his head!

Preparing for the Future

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

-Harriet Martineau

It was amazing to watch this female Red-bellied Woodpecker excavating a nest cavity. At some points she would be completely inside the hole with just a bit of her tail sticking out. She worked very hard at it!

Mama Downy Woodpecker

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
― Alan Wilson Watts 

Mama Downy hanging out at the bird feeder wreath.

Another Red Head

Birds fascinate me! This little guy - a downy woodpecker - just pecked away at the suet and wasn't bothered by me at all.

After I downloaded the shot I saw that I got him with his tongue sticking out. How neat is that? 

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Happiness Sneaks In

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. 

 ~John Barrymore