Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- “Spring is sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is?” ~ Anonymous
- Bewildered and bedraggled Snowdrops. Angry Robin bemoaning frozen worms. #Wordless Wednesday #Weary from Winter #3 years of Wordless Wednesdays for me!
- Ahh – Spring arrives today!
- Why a Duck? Why not a Seagull? #Wordless Wednesday #Marx (Bros.) Madness!
- Humbug Marsh was hummin’, not humdrum on this trek.
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
A peek into what goes on underneath a tree’s bark. Insect activity maybe? Fascinating!
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I was just reading some of the comments and each of you guessed it was an insect making mischief with this tree under the bark and I never thought of that! I was fascinated as well Barbara. I knew it was not birds nor weather caused it. It is in a lagoon and far enough from the overlook that no one could tamper with the tree. I was stymied!
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It’s amazing what those bugs create under the bark. No wonder the woodpeckers are attracted to them. Cool photos!
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I was fascinated seeing these “etchings” Shelley and I was just reading the comments before responding – everyone guessed it was a bug causing doing this. I had no idea and I knew no one messed with that tree as it’s in a lagoon and sits back from the wooden outlook. I learned something today!
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YAY! Trust me, you would NOT want to see the bugs that are in trees that we’ve seen when splitting wood. 🤔🙄
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I’m still amazed that it was bugs whiich created that design. We had carpenter ants in our oak trees out back and had to have them cut down. But I saw sawdust inside the tree rather than creative chomping. My new pet was back this morning – did you hear me let out a scream at your house around 5:15 a.m.?
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Bugs are artists that can do some major damage.
YES – so that was YOU screaming!?! 🤣🤗
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Termites and carpenter ants – chomp, chomp, chomp – I still marvel it never dawned on me it was insect mischief. The scream – yes, ’twas me. I let out a scream that could wake the dead – figured you heard it Shelley. Sorry, especially since you’re an hour earlier than us in Michigan.
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🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜😱🤣
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Bark Beatles tunnelling make beautiful patterns
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Wayne – it just blew my mind when reading these comments before I began responding that everyone knew about these insects and burrowing into the wood and making these designs. I had no clue what it was but knew it wasn’t birds as no beak pecking marks and it wasn’t the weather. This tree is in a lagoon, so no one was messing with it! I learned something today!
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I bet some people make art work out of them?
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A fellow blogger’s son and daughter-in-law are forest rangers who live in Colorado and Laurie wrote in her comment that they have flooring and a bookcase made with the beetle etchings. How interesting. I had no idea about the beetle etchings, let alone they would make furniture out of them!
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that would be pretty cool looking I bet!
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I think so too Wayne – really rustic looking with a natural design. 🙂 Here is what Laurie said:
“Great photos! My Colorado son and daughter-in-law got some wood from those beetle-etched trees and had flooring and a bookcase made out of it. It’s beautiful!”
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each piece is unique!
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Beetle graffiti!
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Eilene – I read the comments before I began replying and was amazed to learn everyone knew insects caused the marks. I had no idea! I think I should add “Beetle graffiti” to my already-long title. (Maybe strike “Kilroy” – likely no one knew who Kilroy was anyway.) It was amazing to see on this tree and I knew no one tampered with the tree as it is in the lagoon away from the wooden outlook.
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Well isn’t this interesting!
I wonder how that happened / perhaps a parasite in the cambium layer?
Either way
This made for a great wordless post as we looked at the etchings, the top break area, and other parts
Wonder the story …..
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Yvette – it never occurred to me it might be a parasite making mischief. I took pictures of the tree which is in a lagoon, far enough from the wooden outlook that I knew it was not human mischief. No beak peck marks either, so birds were not to blame, so I was stymied, but I liked the pattern. I read through the comments before I began replying and it appears the general consensus is beetles chomping through the bark/wood and creating these etchings. Nature is so interesting sometimes. I learned something today.
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Yeah – I saw the insects being mentioned and feel like I learned too!
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Everyone knew but me who posted the pictures. 🙂 Those chomping bugs made some unusual designs. One fellow blogger said her son and daughter-in-law (who are forest rangers in Colorado) have flooring and furniture made with beetle-etched trees!
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That furniture sounds awesome
And I was just thinking abut you –
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Great photos! My Colorado son and daughter-in-law got some wood from those beetle-etched trees and had flooring and a bookcase made out of it. It’s beautiful!
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Thank you Laurie – I’ll bet that flooring and bookcase are unique. What a great idea! I thought it looked like primitive cave drawings and knew they were not man-made, nor caused by birds’ beaks as it was not riddled with holes. It never dawned on me it was the handiwork of insects. I learned something today!
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Very nice! Ellis called them tree tattoos. lol. I hope a bird doesn’t hurt its butt on the top of that sharp trunk.
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Very clever Ellis! Esther, I have never heard of beetles making those marks under the bark and I thought they looked like caveman drawings. How fascinating! Yes, ouch with that sharp landing if a bird was daydreaming!
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Definitely insects making that fascinating design.
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Diane, I was surprised to see comments about it being insects making mischief. I think I am the only one who did not know that insects made these fascinating designs.
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Insects competing with us regarding our Etch-a-Sketch days! 😀
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Ha ha Tom – you are exactly right! I spent many hours with my Etch-a-Sketch back in the day.
I think I was the only person who did not know these etchings were the work of insects. I changed the title to reflect what I learned from all the bloggers who were in the know. 🙂
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Miss Linda……………………..graffiti………………………on trees!!!!……………………….a form of art!
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Pretty talented bugs we have in Michigan Ann Marie!
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I pity the poor defenseless tree when the beetles or borers get under its bark. Where was Woody Woodpecker when he was needed?
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Yes JP – our childhood pal Woody the Woodpecker was MIA. I was red-faced that I thought it was an imprint from the bark and didn’t realize it was beetles or borers; we had two Oak trees that got Carpenter Ants and had to be cut down. We also cut down a Locust as the pest control service deemed it “only a matter of time.”
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