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Saturday, March 31, 2012

On This Spring Morning

I hear our largest woodpecker loudly calling from the forest. Locating him is not that hard to do. Here he is drumming on a hollow tree.


Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

PEACE EVERYONE

"Everything tries to be round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were." ~ Black Elk - Oglala Sioux

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To find new things, take the path you took yesterday." ~ John Burroughs

"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees." ~ Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation