Bird Stitching and Bird Watching

Design - "Valentine Bird"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 2 April 2004

Completed - 4 April 2004

It's time to take a look at the woodpeckers.  They approve of my featured stitch!

Here's the female Hairy Woodpecker.

She's been pretty active lately.

Notice her pale yellow tail feathers?

Only one photo of the male Hairy to share this week.

My male Acorn Woodpecker.

"Success", he says.

And here's the female.  She has a strip of black before the red atop her head, while the male goes straight from white to red.

She's more skittish than the male.

But like all woodpeckers, she uses her strong tail feathers as a prop to balance.

A female Northern Flicker.

And here's a male Flicker.

Love that bright red mustache.

I wish I had photos of a Downy, Sapsucker, or Pileated to share, but of late they've been AWOL.