Just hit 50K on my 2020 Silverado 6.2

2 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

Just hit 50K on my 2020 Silverado 6.2

Took you this long to break it in?

 

(my 2001 Silverado 5.3 has 240k on it.)

15 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Took you this long to break it in?

 

(my 2001 Silverado 5.3 has 240k on it.)

 Can't travel too far per my PO. 😁 240! That's alot of seat time.

A few of the seasons last bluebonnets 

Went to hook up my utility trailer earlier. I guess I'll wait until the little spotted beast moves on.

That toe line tho 

We've had a lot of rain, here's it's coming off the Kittatinny Ridge

 

 

We have three of these woodpeckers flying around here. They take all of the suet my wife puts out and as you can see below, leave quite a mess. 😡

 

These things are huge and have a unique call. When they get to talking to each other it sounds like you’re surrounded by monkeys in the amazon.

 

 

Yes..... I'm hungry. It has cooked for 11 hours. It will Sit overnight in a cooler, wrapped in foil. Early tomorrow morning we'll pull and chop. Slaw, baked beans, hushpuppies, and beverage of choice.

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

We have three of these woodpeckers flying around here. They take all of the suet my wife puts out and as you can see below, leave quite a mess. 😡

 

These things are huge and have a unique call. When they get to talking to each other it sounds like you’re surrounded by monkeys in the amazon.

 

 

Pileated Wood pecker.

They are very cool and quite abundant up here too.

We built special feeders just for them.

One's they can actually fit on.

A-Jay

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

Pileated Wood pecker.

They are very cool and quite abundant up here too.

We built special feeders just for them.

One's they can actually fit on.

A-Jay

Yup! 
 

Danielle got a book of Michigan birds from my parents quite a few years back. We both got a chuckle out of it and thought to ourselves maybe we’ll use it when we’re 70. Well, wouldn’t you know we’ve been using it lately. Last weekend Hank and I were out for a walk and a little bird flew out of a shrub we have. Sure enough there was a nest in there. I was able to identify the bird based off from its color and their eggs, thanks to the book. 
 

Liam is calling us old and I realize I’m turning into my dad! 😁

9 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Pileated Wood pecker.

They are very cool and quite abundant up here too.

We built special feeders just for them.

One's they can actually fit on.

A-Jay

Also a great turkey locator call…

Pileated wood peckers will ruin a tree if they desire to.

 

They do tend to be skittish though. So it’s not hard to scare them off.

36 minutes ago, gim said:

Pileated wood peckers will ruin a tree if they desire to.

 

They do tend to be skittish though. So it’s not hard to scare them off.

Is there anything this man doesn't hate? 

 

He's not wrong tho. They were almost hunted to extinction because of it. 

 

They're still one of my favorite birds. 

 

Edit: forgot to add my picture. A foot pedal for the shear at work that I had to rewire: 

 

Took this trying to explain to my buddy what a FFS minnow looked like.

On 5/31/2025 at 9:50 PM, A-Jay said:

Pileated Wood pecker.

They are very cool and quite abundant up here too.

We built special feeders just for them.

One's they can actually fit on.

A-Jay

They can also make massive holes in your house, ask me how i know…….. nevermind don’t ask, I don’t like thinking about it 

Felt like I was being watched while gardening this morning...

I realized I have failed to give an update on my resident dove population. At last report, our population was 2. Forest, the dad and Jenny, the mom (Forest Gump - my favorite movie). Well, I’m happy to report that sometime between Thursday evening and Friday about noon, our population DOUBLED!! We now have 4! Bud and Sissy (give me that movie reference and I’ll buy you a cup of coffee somewhere) are now

here. Mom has not been protective at all, and has been semi-ok with me getting close. Pre hatch, I was able to almost touch her. Now, she’s a little more jumpy, but doesn’t fly away. Walked out the other morning and both mom and dad were tending to the babies…

 

1st pic is birthday (Friday)

2nd pic is Sunday

3rd yesterday

4th today

@Smirak I don’t drink coffee but I’m guessing Urban Cowboy 

@12poundbass You would be correct. That’s my wife’s favorite movie.

@Smirak, I’d be tempted to name them the regulator family 

@TnRiver46 Mr Tunstall has them otherwise occupied. 😂😂

My wife was hell bent on planting some hostas around the trees. I told her the deer will destroy them in days. She didn’t believe me.

 

The proof is there now only 5 days after the fact. I decided not to say anything like “told ya.”

 

 

5 hours ago, gim said:

I decided not to say anything like “told ya.”

After 19 years of marriage I still haven’t learned that one. I’m a slow learner. 😂

Our two rescue kitties chilling out with our adopted turkey Tom.