Gardening Tips: Brown MountainsBefore I begin this weeks column I want to thank alert reader Lynn who informed me that the Pileated woodpecker was not the inspiration for the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker as I wrote in a recent column. It was the acorn woodpecker, a rare species from the west coast, which inspired the animator with its raucous call. This information was relayed via an NPR story on the same topic. Once ...
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