Spring

Spring is here. Saturday morning, a great spotted woodpecker (Pic épeiche) took to chisel into the Birch tree out back while I was enjoying a coffee in the sun. The regular pecking noise attracted my attention, and it turned out, it was close enough for my to capture a few pictures. The sheer energy it puts into hammering the trunc with its little beak left me wondering about the potential damage it could do to its head or brain, but skeletal adaptations seem to mitigate the damage. In the g...