Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) on pecan (Carya illinoinensis) tree in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on January 25, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Jan31_birds_and_cats/2025jan25_woodpecker_IMG_2666c.html

#woodpecker #birds #YellowBelliedSapsucker #Sphyrapicus #Carya #nativeplants #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

My region's pecan trees are having a mast year. I know these are well past flowering stage but they are related nonetheless. Plus they are beautiful and smell wonderful!

#Bloomscrolling #botany #pecantree #dendrology #Carya illinoinensis

I used this company this year to trim the Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) in my back garden, and one of the company's arborists has a blog in which he recently discussed the efforts he went through to harvest native shellbark hickory nuts (Carya laciniosa) to make a holiday pie, and how the pie compared to his sister-in-law's pecan pie:

#trees #hickory #Carya #ShellbarkHickory #HickoryNuts #pecans #pie #foraging

https://www.russelltreeexperts.com/arbor-ed/2022/12/27/hickory-vs-pecan#