And Here it is October...

Garden Grumbles and Cross Stitch Fumbles October 2017 Blog Header

Row #1: Bent Creek, "Hoot"; Val's Stuff, "Whoo Gives a Hoot?".

Row #2: JBW Designs, "Alphabet Owl'.

Row #3: The Prairie Schooler, "Bump in the Night" - "Hoot"; Barbara Ana Designs, "Whoo's There?".

Wow!  It's October already. Our juvenile Great Horned Owl continues to squawk up a storm most nights - the header is a tribute to him.  

It's been a pretty good Woodpecker Week.

Let's take a look.

A small male Downy Woodpecker came by one day.

While Downys are the most common urban woodpecker, I do not see them all that regularly. 

Instead, the larger Hairy Woodpeckers are among my DAily Birds. 

I've been seeing males at the front and back of the house.

The other day I saw two males at the same time.

Bird A at the feeder - small patch of red on head.

Bird B on a nearby tree - a much larger patch of red on his head.

And to mix it up, here's a female Hairy.

I even managed a couple of photos of a Red-breasted Sapsucker.

While it does not come to the feeder, it does like all of the snags we have close to the house.  

Here's two of the Acorn Woodpeckers...

Grooming...

Having a peanut - the white dots are not on the bird - the window is dirty with rain splotches and the like.

And I'll end with a female Orange-shafted Flicker.

She flew in for a drink of water.