Country Christmas Card
by Nava Thompson
Title
Country Christmas Card
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A photo taken by Nava Thompson of a Redbelly woodpecker in NW Arkansas. This scene would make a good Christmas card. It has a touch of red berries and pine greenry. VocalizationsRed-bellied woodpeckers are noisy birds, and have many varied calls. Calls have been described as sounding like churr-churr-churr or thrraa-thrraa-thrraa with an alternating br-r-r-r-t sound. Males tend to call and drum more frequently than females, but both sexes call. Often, these woodpeckers "drum" to attract mates. They tap on aluminum roofs, metal guttering, hollow trees and even transformer boxes, in urban environments, to communicate with potential partners. Babies have a high-pitched begging call of "pree-pree-pree" They will continue to give a begging call whenever they see their parents for a while after fledging. These birds mainly search out arthropods on tree trunks. They may also catch insects in flight. They are omnivores, eating insects, fruits, nuts and seeds. Their breeding habitat is usually deciduous forests. They nest in the decayed cavities of dead trees, old stumps, or in live trees that have softer wood such as elms, maples, or willows; both sexes assist in digging nesting cavities. Areas around nest sites are marked with drilling holes to warn others away. Though the species is not globally threatened, it depends on large trees for nesting. In areas that are extensively deforested, the birds will sometimes utilize gardens, but for the most part simply will not be present in any numbers. Peeking out of its nestThe Red-bellied Woodpecker has extended its breeding range north over the last 100 years. Populations are increasing throughout most of the range. Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Published: 2012 Assessor/s: BirdLife International Reviewer/s: Butchart, S. & Symes, A. Contributor/s: Justification: This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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December 5th, 2012
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Comments (16)
Randy Rosenberger
It is with great pleasure that I announce to you a big congratulations for this chosen piece of your artwork to be on special display on the homepage of our community of friends and fine artists, in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. I appreciate your activity in our group and want to thank you so much for being an active participant in helping promote other fine artists within the group. Usually in turn, such promotions bring promotions of your artwork into perspective and are featured on our homepage. One good turn deserves another. Your quality, definition, character, and variation in your works bring about a visual pleasure to view and share with others. Thanks for your participation in our family of friends and fine artists in our WFS group.
Rosanne Jordan
Love those woodpeckers! great image, voted
Nava Thompson replied:
Rosanne--I enjoy them too--wish I could see them more than I do. Thank you for comments and vote.
Nava Jo Thompson
Nadine and Bob--thank you for featuring 'Country Christmas Card' in 'USA Artist News'!
Nava Jo Thompson
Randy -- thank you! I have to admit that we tend to spoil the wildlife. This happens to be the male Redbelly Woodpecker. Appreciate your support and work!
Randy Rosenberger
Beautiful imagery of this finely composed scenery, Nava Jo! Love the "downy" ? woodpecker, I think, and the house and berries and needles, which while composed so beautifully surely brings on a cheery feeling of the holiday season! Lucky Bird! lol fave and vote