Here in Central Florida we have a number of woodpecker species. The above is a red-bellied. Nice.
But today wasn’t a nice day for local woodpeckers. We had a big, sickly oak tree taken down. And a tree in that condition is becoming a rarity in our area.
You might say that woodpeckers love sickly trees. Trees that harbor many hidden insects. If the tree hadn’t been leaning toward our house, and within striking distance . . . I likely would have let it be. At least for a few more years.
Even by what we might consider “tidying-up nature,” we leave a footprint on Earth.
With almost sub-sonic, booming thuds, the last of the hundreds-of-pounds section of tree have just come down. Eerie.
Should I wave goodbye to the woodpeckers?
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