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Birders

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts) Thu Jun 20, 2013, 12:47 PM Jun 2013

Making lunch, looking out my kitchen window, and saw this..... [View all]

...munching on the ripe berries on our ornamental cherry tree. Made my day! (too the picture through the window over sink - would have scared it away if I went out onto the deck!)

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Making lunch, looking out my kitchen window, and saw this..... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 OP

Cute!! What kind of birdy is it? arcane1 Jun 2013 #1

Pileated Woodpecker - the size of a crow - truly impressive creatures! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #2

Pileated Woodpecker? BlueStreak Jun 2013 #3

Woody Woodpecker! How fun to see one but I have to protest what you write. uppityperson Jun 2013 #4

are the PNW cherries ripe yet (the real ones?)? We've had cherries coming in at stores here, NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #5

I do not think so. Strawberries are and raspberries should be starting. Local strawberries are uppityperson Jun 2013 #6

when we lived there, I recall going to Carnation to pick wonderful strawberries.... NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #7

What a wonderful sighting! Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #8

There is one just outside my office window right now. BlueStreak Jun 2013 #9