Dempsey the Downy Woodpecker orders from GRUBHUB. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2023 stats

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Photos not showing up in Reader , but fine on the site, so I’ll try again … grr

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Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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29 Responses to Dempsey the Downy Woodpecker orders from GRUBHUB. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2023 stats

  1. climatehire's avatar climatehire says:
    February 22, 2023 at 6:49 am

    I wish you an abundance of blessings today and always. Have a fantastic birthday.

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  2. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    February 22, 2023 at 7:40 am

    Lovely to see the photographs.

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  3. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    February 22, 2023 at 8:36 am

    So beautiful look woodpecker. Nice capture the pic. I like . So smart Bird it’s!

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  4. Joni's avatar Joni says:
    February 22, 2023 at 1:49 pm

    The photos are here too on both posts. Do you think it was a glitch in your browser?

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  5. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com's avatar Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    February 22, 2023 at 3:37 pm

    I see all the photos here by going directly to your blog. Fun titles and fun photos you captured. I hope the Reader issues get resolved!

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  6. AnnMarie R stevens's avatar AnnMarie R stevens says:
    February 22, 2023 at 4:54 pm

    Miss Linda…………………………….the Woodpecker saw your camera and said: Hey quit disrupting my lunch!”

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  7. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    February 22, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    A handsome fellow! You spotted a nice variety of birds on your walk.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      February 22, 2023 at 9:18 pm

      Yes he was wasn’t he Rebecca? I was lucky to get to close to it. That was a good morning for the Great Backyard Bird Count. The weather was a little warmer than it’s been and the sun was shining – perhaps that is why.

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  8. Andy Finnegan's avatar Andy Finnegan says:
    February 23, 2023 at 12:25 pm

    great woodpecker shots one we do not get in the UK – we only have 3 different peckers here.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      February 26, 2023 at 4:06 pm

      Thanks Andy – these Downies are our smallest woodpeckers and are very cut. This one is a female as it doesn’t have the red patch on the back of its head. I saw it as a juvenile and thought it was a male for some reason, but I kept the name “Dempsey” for it. [I am sorry for the late response – my internet went out early Thursday and was not back until this morning due to a big ice storm.]

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  9. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    February 24, 2023 at 3:24 am

    Sweet shots, Linda. They do eat many of the tree pests in our area! 😀

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      February 26, 2023 at 4:08 pm

      Thanks Tom. We have only two Woodpeckers in this Park. Sometimes I see them every day, then thy disappear for days. [I am sorry for the late response – my internet went out early Thursday and was not back until this morning due to a big ice storm.]

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  10. ruthsoaper's avatar ruthsoaper says:
    February 25, 2023 at 10:34 am

    seems like a good day for bird watching – you saw counted a lot of birds in a short time.

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