Thursday, May 6, 2010

Annoying Alarm Clocks




Redbush has experienced some cool weather in the past few days. She has been freezing her fingers helping Mr. Redbush put up chicken wire fencing over her page wire so that Beatle can't squeeze his body through the page wire holes anymore. It's amazing what he can accomplish when she takes her eyes off him for one second! Beatle has become an effective, or not effective alarm clock for her household, depending on how you look at it. He wakes Redbush up at the crack of daylight (hell). When he doesn't wake her up with his whimpering, Woody the woodpecker has become an even an earlier alarm, only his is much louder. Redbush awakes at around 5:oo a.m. to vigorous loud pecking on her metal drainpipe just above her bedroom window. Apparently, Redbush has been told he is attempting to attract a mate. This has been taking place for some time now, so, she hopes that the females don't keep playing hard to get. What males won't do for attention! This does not please her, but, it pleases Mr. Redbush even less. She's posted a picture of Woody in the winter because he's been dodging her snapshots as of late. She has also posted a recent picture of Beatle and Bonzi as they continue to bond. She hopes everyone has had a great week, and cheers to a weekend that is full of warmth and sunlight!

6 comments:

David Cranmer said...

We have a woodpecker outside our home in Maine. Busy, busy he is at all the wrong moments.

the Bag Lady said...

Ah yes, the woodpecker alarm clock! We have those, too.
The dogs look like they are getting along well! Too cute.

Hilary said...

Woodpeckers are indeed great alarm clocks.. sigh. Your sweeties have gorgeous faces.

Leah J. Utas said...

Your dogs looks so cute a cuddly together.
As for Woody, well, that's what they do.

solarity said...

Here at the new house, the woodpeckers stick to trees. I am grateful, because at the old house one of them had learned to use my metal shed as a sounding board. At five a.m., of course.

Bonzi and Beatle--ahhhh.

Mary Anne in Kentucky

Redbush said...

You're right, David. The woodpeckers are busy all year around here. We feed them fat suet balls in the winter, so, I'm sure they're our buddies for life!


I thought you probably experience the same , Bag Lady. They're nice to hear out in the wild, but not on the drain pipes! Yes, Bonzi seems to really be enjoying his buddy, although Beatle puts him through the ropes. Thanks!

Thanks, Hilary! They're so sweet when they're sleeping. Ha! Beatle is learning more and more what he can do to annoy Bonzi, however, he still loves to curl up on his belly when he is sleeping.

Yes, Leah, the boys are enjoying each other most of the time. The little guy is getting older, though, so is finding his legs as he makes miles around the acreage. He does his boofs to show any dog that they're not welcome. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks, Mary Anne! It's relieving to know that the woodpeckers don't just pick our part of the world to do their sound-offs. They have really created havoc with the older poplar tree in our backyard that the young ones like to climb when they come to see us