The tree I am following is a large Ornamental Pear that grows beside my driveway. Notice that we have sunny skies after weeks of rain!
Looking under the low hanging limbs we can see the structure of the tree: numerous limbs branching off from the trunk near the base. This growth habit makes it more likely to break during storms.
The bark is rough with fissures, and the Woodpeckers have drilled a lot of holes looking for insects.
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| 13-Year Cicada, Prentiss county, Mississippi, USA, in the Ornamental Pear Tree |
This is the year for the 13-year Cicadas. They have taken up residence in the tree, and their mating calls are loud and seem never-ending. But soon the Cicadas will lay their eggs and be gone for another 13 years.
Have a beautiful day!
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Great photos and wow!, your woodpeckers are active. I know how loud those cicadas can be--incessant and annoying, but so definitive of a Southern summer.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great-looking tree, but you have too many woodpeckers!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tree and the 13 year cicada is amazing. We don't get them here, but would love to see/hear one.
ReplyDeleteYou must have a lot of woodpeckers! I love the photo of the cicada.
ReplyDeleteLea, your pear tree looks great and is a wonderful provider for wildlife, I have never heard of the 13 year cicada before, so just did a search to find out more, interesting, I like the idea that though the tree feeds them when they die and drop to the ground under the tree they then turn into fertilizer for the tree, I hope they do not affect your pears, Frances
ReplyDeleteWow your tree can take a beating with the woodpeckers and cicadas it still is huge and lush!
ReplyDeleteNot sure this might be a repeat comment ... My iPad had a hiccup. I love that tree ... It really gets a workout from the woodpeckers, wow! But is obviously a survivor. We had never heard of cicadas until we were in Dallas for a convention one summer and it was their year. What an amazing noise and an amazing life they have. (That is the only thing I remember learning from that meeting! )
ReplyDeletethanks for the great photo of the cidada. I've heard about them but have never seen one. I suppose the mating calls are obnoxious after awhile, but what an interesting phenomenon, and a spectacular critter too!
ReplyDeleteMy, your tree has really leafed out and "bushed" out. I don't think I've ever seen an ornamental pear growing this way. Most are trimmed of their lower limbs so the trunk remains visible. I think I like yours better! May I say that I really like the thunderheads in your header? Great photo.
ReplyDeleteWhat an impressing tree. And what an impressing activity of woodpeckers! I have never seen that before. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a huge tree -- or just really full with leaves.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonders! All those pecked holes. And the cicada! The beautiful cicada! What colours! (I've never seen one before.)
ReplyDeleteApologies to be so later before visiting and reading this post. Lots of being-aways recently.