Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
The Woodpecker
Today they arrived behind our house and I stood watching as the claw gripped the tree where it was thick and full of life and the saw ate through its girth and the claw hoisted it upward into the air and downward where it smashed to the ground where others lay and while I was watching I saw the bird land on the tree nearby and maybe I only imagined the panic of the small and fragile red-headed woodpecker as he climbed upward hoping this one would not come down, but I don’t think so.
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Let’s hope they leave enough trees for nature to continue to flourish.
Best wishes, Pete.
I hope so. It made me so sad to see that beautiful bird.
I wish there was a way we could stop this. Sending Purrs and Wags, Quicksilver et al and Cosmo and Stella
Thanks for your understanding. Even that helps. Yesterday I was more matter of fact about it. But seeing that beautiful bird made me lose it! My consolation is that there are some other woods nearby they can flee to!
That’s good! Do you feed them? If so, they’ll still make a pit stop at your garden. Purrs, Quicksilver et al
We get quite a few birds in our yard. I feed them during the winter not so much in spring and summer when food is plentiful. I have to be careful as Benji is quite a hunter. Both cats are indoor/outdoor types!
Regular ornithologists like me! Purrs, Finnegan
Let’s pray that woodpeckers will continue to find homes and proliferate. They are surely worth more than more suburban subdivisions! I feel for you–it’s painful to watch, I know.
Yes! It hit me harder today seeing the tree ripped out and the beautiful bird nearby. There are other woods not too far away so I hope they find homes there and flourish!