The original hoarder
Acorn woodpeckers have a hoarding problem. It’s not just weird Uncle Woody; whole families stash acorns, thousands a season. The holes are used generationally, and some storage trees, called granaries, hold as many 50,000 acorns. Some granaries aren’t trees. Fence posts, houses, roofs, water tanks, street lights, they’re all fair game.
I took this photo one morning while marveling at the ingenuity and tenacity of a bird determined to store a winter’s worth of food. I trust it never taps into the power line.
You, my friend, make my world richer and nuttier!
Ha! You know it, baby!
He’s got that handsome morning hunch-body going on. Those trees are amazing! I love thinking about this.
Little old men with big stashes. 🙂