East Meets West is the Same Difference as West Meets East

At Red’s Good Vs. Evil Cow Barn, east meets west. That means, some species of this or that may be at their eastern limit of distribution at the CB, while other species may be at their most westerly limit at the CB. An example of all this may be two kinds of peckerwoods that habitate hereabouts in these parts.

OK. We have your red-bellied woodpecker at the CB. And, we probably have the golden-fronted woodpecker at the CB. So all the red-bellied peckers that don’t dwell at the CB, only dwell east of the CB. While most, maybe all, the golden-fronted peckers, peckerwoods or peckerheads dwell west of the CB. Jeez Louise!

Except this is not true. For one thing, some golden-fronts formerly, allegedly dwelt in a cemetery east of I 35 and way east of the CB. Dang! Maybe those wayward peckers are still there in that grim cemetery. Plus, the likelihood is high that a red-belly or two dwell west of the CB. Likely! Yes.

Anyway, generally considered, the golden fronts dwell west, while the red belly dwell east of somewhere. And that somewhere may be a point on a latitude, maybe. Goodness sakes alive!

OK. You may know that many would like to change the common name of the red belly woodpecker to red neck peckerwood. Like besides Crumby, the many would probably include Rev. Sharpton. But there are many, many more besides Crumby Ovate and Rev. Sharprton. A great multitude. Tousands!

But we are roaring off task. Today, Ray again espied a probable golden-fronted woodpecker at the suet feeder. But now hold yer horse or pecker. Every solitary day as this miserable world turns or spins, twain red-bellied, amated pair, apply for assistance at the regular seed feeders. But they never, ever, go to the suet feeder. Que paso, amigo? The other time Ray espied a large, ladder backed wp at the feeder, that wp grabbed off a big chunk of moldy suet, then sped away south. What does all this mean?

Well. Today, Ray got a fair look at that wp again at the suet feeder. What’s more, it looked golden-fronted. Course then we tried to take its picture. But it flew off before Crumby could change the camera settings from when he had the 10-22mm on the camera. Changing lenses. How universally mediocre is that? So now we need to get a picture of the golden-fronted because such would be a lifer for the CB yard list. Gracious sakes alive!

But what about the waterproof backpack (see below)? All righty. Like many before us, the Bosom Brotherhood has decided upon the Overboard Pro-Action 30L in red. Alas! That model is temporarily out of stock at B&H, our preferred vendor. Goodness! Sometimes stuff that is temporarily out of stock at B&H never gets back in, stock. Yikes!

Note: East may meet west, everywhere, actually.