How on earth do woodpeckers get perfectly circular holes? I've walked past this tree many a time and always marvelled at the perfect circles, so I finally decided to stop and draw it, and celebrate the clever wee elusive birds. Yet again the dogs waited patiently, well sort of. A stick kept being dropped at my feet at a not so subtle hint to get moving, stop drawing and start playing. One day I hope to catch a woodpecker on paper...
Nature can make perfect circles. Great capturing!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many questions to which we'll never know the answers. Lovely sketch, hopefully you will see the woodpecker soon!
ReplyDeletebeautifully drawn.
ReplyDeletei can almost hear the pecking.
Lovely sketch. I hope you see one long enough to draw soon.
ReplyDeleteI have studied birds for years, but don't know the answer to this question. I have a Ladder-backed Woodpecker in my front yard who has attempted to drill a hole in my dying ash tree...the hole is a perfect circle but only about an 1/8th of an inch deep. They seem to have given up on making this a nesting site, so disappointing for me. I had visions of seeing nestlings up close and personal. I do have photos of the birds both drilling and bathing in the bird bath.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if slam my head against a tree I'll start making perfect circles too! Wonderful tree! We have wonderfully, big woodpeckers around here that I often have the opportunity to watch.
ReplyDeleteNature is amazing, no doubt!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great sketch on it!
Very nice! It's beautiful
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful post (and Raena, you are hilarious!). That's just one of many questions I have about so many things. nancy
ReplyDeleteLovely drawing, isn't nature wonderfully mysterious???
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