tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post3288530723345110234..comments2023-10-24T10:46:23.233-05:00Comments on Romantic Ramblings: Gulliver, NOT Woody, more...Duke_of_Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-11761524155263389852007-03-12T13:54:00.000-05:002007-03-12T13:54:00.000-05:00Nice pictures for being taken with a single pod.Nice pictures for being taken with a single pod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-4293356195208106472007-03-12T07:20:00.000-05:002007-03-12T07:20:00.000-05:00I heard a woodpecker the other day, but couldn't f...I heard a woodpecker the other day, but couldn't find the dang thing!<BR/>I've heard that it's not a good sign if one is pecking away on a tree because that means the tree is weak or diseased. Is that true?Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488301409338243686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-47548634528208604952007-03-11T16:26:00.000-05:002007-03-11T16:26:00.000-05:00Christina,You're right, of course. but so far nob...Christina,<BR/><BR/>You're right, of course. but so far nobody else has called me on that fact. C.S. Lewis revived the legend of the Monopods in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader," one of the <I>Narnia</I> series. The first recorded mention of the legend was by Pliney in ancient Greece, Don't know why I thought of Gulliver and Jonathan Swift.<BR/><BR/>My bad.<BR/><BR/>DadDuke_of_Earlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-59424761317942076532007-03-11T15:26:00.000-05:002007-03-11T15:26:00.000-05:00Were Monopods in Gulliver's Travels? I thought I ...Were Monopods in Gulliver's Travels? I thought I remembered Monopods from one of the books in the Narnia series...Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073646442944475928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-52815575533771826542007-03-11T14:06:00.000-05:002007-03-11T14:06:00.000-05:00Carol takes great photos. Good for her. And I've...Carol takes great photos. Good for her. And I've been curious about those monopods. I was thinking about getting one. I would think they're easier to haul around that an tripod. <BR/><BR/>Very coolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-13067449897447012892007-03-11T11:06:00.000-05:002007-03-11T11:06:00.000-05:00I was sitting in my kitchen reading your post, and...I was sitting in my kitchen reading your post, and I looked out the back window. Guess what...that woodpecker's cousin is clinging to one of my trees. No joke. We have some bird feeders out back and several red bellied woodpeckers frequent it. I ran down and got my camera to take a pic of it, but the damned thing is only clinging to trees that put it between the sun and the camera. I've been waiting for a friggin' half hour now.<BR/><BR/>I thought that bird was a ladderback woodpecker, but I checked the guidebook too, and it is a red belly. There's a little splash of red on the chest that you can't usually see unless you have a certain angle. Ladderbacks look very similar...same wing markings but the entire head isn't red.Badabinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090557200539181943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-59132867955152332962007-03-11T04:02:00.000-05:002007-03-11T04:02:00.000-05:00Great photographs - it really looks like Carol has...Great photographs - it really looks like Carol has found a new passion (but still only 2nd to you of course)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-12401278442557269402007-03-10T20:06:00.000-06:002007-03-10T20:06:00.000-06:00Confidential to Kenju: Neither did I. But there'...Confidential to Kenju: Neither did I. But there's a tinge of orange on the bird's underside, and that, combined with the pattern on the wings and the red hood seems to make the difference.<BR/><BR/>Hey, I'm just reporting what our Bird Identification Handbook says.Duke_of_Earlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-32921103556561659192007-03-10T19:49:00.000-06:002007-03-10T19:49:00.000-06:00I don't see a red belly, John.I don't see a red belly, John.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com