Woodpecker!!!!

I keep trying

 The bird did not want to cooperate

 but I kept trying.

Finally it posed for me!

I THINK it's Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Thursday's Things In A Row...

How does Thursday arrive so quickly?  Pat is the one responsible for creating this theme.  I just can't seem to let a Thursday pass without thinking of her. Stop by to join or just enjoy, there are always different rows and different views...A View From The Edge from Pat to you.

Let's see what rows we can find in my life this week...always something lines up just in time.

Corner braces in perfect lines,

hand hewn logs from over a century of time,

a trio of tree trunks with a wood pecker tapping,

and rows of siding and rafters

with a pair, acting crazy and laughing.

Strange Sounds...

as though someone was knocking.  They were but not at the door.  It took me a while to locate the visitor.

Someone or something was hammering metal.

I found the source.

I am standing in the bath tub, contorting to get this picture out the screened window.  The pipe is a wood stove pipe from the basement.  I guess the wood pecker thought it would make a wonderful house. This pipe is straight with the house but the way I had to curl and shoot, didn't show up very well.  The rocks on the outside of the house were in the way, too.

When I could stretch no more,

 I decided to try to sneak up on it outside.  I was caught and the wood pecker flew to the safety of the trees.

Finally...I got a good one.