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Today's Bird- the Pileated Woodpecker

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By Lightning Bolt ⚑Published about a year ago β€’ 1 min read
Dryocopus pileatus

~~πŸ¦πŸ¦β€β¬›πŸͺΆ β€œMany critics are like woodpeckers, who, instead of enjoying the fruit and shadow of a tree, hop incessantly around the trunk, pecking holes in the bark to discover some little worm or other." ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Hammering echoes

through the woodlands; they chisel

rectangular holes

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Big, crow-sized bodies

their laughing calls inspired

Woody Woodpecker's

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Compare the two ☝ πŸ‘‡

More of their amazing sounds! πŸ‘‡

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Can we all relate to that Longfellow quote or what? ⚑ πŸ˜‰

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Lightning Bolt ⚑

Bolt ⚑ aka Bill↬bizarre bisexual bipolar alliterative epileptic sexy β™’Aquarian retired superhero.

~Author of humor, poetry, sci fi & horror.


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    Written by Lightning Bolt ⚑