In Time for Christmas
by Nava Thompson
Title
In Time for Christmas
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A Christmas scene made by Nava Thompson on Christmas Eve. The Redbelly woodpecker came in a posed just long enough to have his photo made with the green pine wreath, red velvet bow and silver stars. 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 <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>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 (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure).
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December 25th, 2012
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Comments (72)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Time for Christmas holiday card composition, lighting, shading, lovely holiday color and artwork! F/L voted
Brooks Garten Hauschild
You are welcome, Nava! Such a beautiful Christmas=y image. Thanks for your great description, too. Fvl.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Anita Faye
Absolutely wonderful woodpecker capture Nava! Featured on Poetic Poultry! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Doug Kreuger
Another Beautiful, heartwarming Christmas birdhouse, Nava… I especially like the charming little stars! So well done! L&F
Nava Thompson replied:
Thank you Doug for your visit to my Christmas birds--nice comments and the l/f!