Saturday, September 08, 2007
Change of Lifestyle
We were hiking in Oakwood Valley today just north of the Golden Gate and were shocked by the number of dead Coast Live Oak where we've walked for the last nine years. Sudden Oak Death is killing off these trees all over, but we were still taken aback by the brown leaves and dying lichen and moss.
Down the block from where we live, the acorn woodpeckers store acorns in the bark of pine trees to eat during the winter, but what I'm told is that they actually eat a worm that grows inside feeding on the nut meat. The squeaky-voiced, colorful woodpeckers also eat bugs, seeds, and berries, so maybe they'll be all right, but as they spend so much time drilling holes and storing acorns, I wonder what they'll do when there aren't any.
Down the block from where we live, the acorn woodpeckers store acorns in the bark of pine trees to eat during the winter, but what I'm told is that they actually eat a worm that grows inside feeding on the nut meat. The squeaky-voiced, colorful woodpeckers also eat bugs, seeds, and berries, so maybe they'll be all right, but as they spend so much time drilling holes and storing acorns, I wonder what they'll do when there aren't any.
