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Downtown (center city) Philadelphia skyline visible beyond the sudden start of rowhouse neighborhoods in South Philly, seen from Pattison Ave. along FDR Park.
The poor Red-Bellied Woodpecker couple have been defending their nest for a couple of weeks. Today - bird wars started up again but this time it was different. A pair of Downy Woodpeckers were moving in on them. Ended up with Chickadees in the tree top too and they were all in a big, noisy fight over who could stay.
Later, I went out and found the Red-Bellied and the Downys teamed up against a squirrel. Everything's quiet so I'm guessing the tree has two families thinking of nesting. Hope it works out for them!
We left the huge old elm that expired on us after several years of drought. No matter how much water we poured on it - nothing helped. When I noticed the holes in the top of the tree it was decided - no one is cutting down my dead elm and I'll fight the civic club over this one if they happen to notice the tree. My woodpecker family will have their home as long as they stay around. (Yes - we've cut the tree back to the core to be sure no limbs fall and do any damage. In fact, we did that shortly after Ike when the core was damaged. Poor tree didn't stand a chance!)