_ This is the Pileated Woodpecker, in my opinion the most handsome of a very beautiful group of birds. Both males and females have this striking red crown. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm writes in her 1901 woodpecker treatise: … one of … Continue reading →
As spring approaches look for more posts about the woodpecker. This is a Gila Woodpecker, a familiar inhabitant of the Sonara Desert, in a saguaro tree. ____ Here is a longer piece posted four years ago about the woodpecker. ____
Continue reading →Another excerpt from my book-in-progress. Crows and ravens are conflated in ancient Greek myth. A less familiar goddess who has a link with crows is Coronis. She is one of the Hyades, the seven sisters of light who are rain-makers. … Continue reading →