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A four foot rise in the North Fork one year ago 4/17/09
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I took these pictures one full year ago this coming weekend. The North Fork of the White River had risen about 4 feet overnight and muddied up quite a bit. The next morning, at dawn, I could hear the high water and later in the day, walked to the falls. The dogwood was just beginning to come out. During the week the river fell and greened up and the wild rainbow trout started hitting nymphs. A really nice week at a great place !!
Pileated Woodpecker Pair
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Happened upon this pair yesterday; tearing a few logs apart in their quest for ants. They worked about 75-100 feet from me and I got about 425 shots off in about 20 minutes. The male has a red cheek bar; the female does not; she also has a brown patch on her forehead. They are awesome birds, very large, and primitive looking. Taken 4/6 Canon 7D + 400mm lens. There were at least 3 pairs of Pileated Woodpeckers nesting at River of Life Farm in 2009.
Yellow bellied sapsucker invasion
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A good invasion !!!! They nest in Canada, winter in South America. They are migrating Woodpeckers. Their diet is tree sap and insects stuck to the sap. They tap or drill a line of holes around preferred trees; they use the holes to feed trough by re-opening and slightly enlarging and deepening the holes. They are in Missouri now, but will be moving on by the end of the month of April to northern Mn and all of Canada to breed. These pictures taken this past weekend when I saw 25-30 different sapsuckers in a few hours.