Thursday, January 27, 2011

A nature photographer I am not

in fact, I don't really even like birds that much! 
But today while I was sitting outside watching the kids play, I heard this "rat-tat-tat-tat" sound like a little machine gun.  The first thing I did was look to try and find the little critter that was making all that noise.  The next thing I did was think of these beautiful pictures my friend, Anissa, had posted on facebook of local birds.  I ran to grab my camera.  I thought, "why not?  I'll give it a shot".  It will be fun to show the kids.  Maybe we can all learn a little something about the woodpecker before his home is gone.  (because we may have to cut the tree down since it is dead and he seesms to enjoy making holes in it and we don't want huge chunks to fall on anyone - there have been some close calls!)





He's really just a tiny little thing.