On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Twelve Drummers Drumming. The red headed woodpecker I remember as a kid. Not a lot of them but there they were, like that toothpick picker. Now the red-headed woodpecker is focused in the woodlands of the Tennessee area, or the middle Appalachian area. They are struggling like the rest of the bird species. A moment for a plea to take care of our planet. The Downy, the Pilated. We see these more, and the Flicker. If you've ever had one try to get to the inside of the metal sheeting on your roof or in the eaves, you know they are real drummers.

My true love marched to a different drummer, not the little drummer boy, or other drummers we know, but these red-headed woodpeckers, who are my favorite.

On the Twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

Twelve drummers drumming,

12 DRUMMERS DRUMMINGnumber 12 of the 12 days of Christmas Eleven pipers piping,

11 PIPERS PIPINGeleventh of the twelve days of Christmas Ten lords a leaping,

10. TEN LORDS A-LEAPING Nine ladies dancing,

9. NINE LADIES DANCING Eight maids a milking,

8. EIGHT MAIDS A- MILKING Seven swans a swimming,

7. SEVEN SWANS A- SWIMMING Six Geese a laying,

6. SIX GEESE A-LAYING Five Golden Rings,

5. FIVE GOLDEN RINGS Four Calling Birds,

4. FOUR CALLING BIRDS Three French hens,

3. THREE FRENCH HENS Two turtle doves,

2.TWO TURTLE DOVES And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

1. PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE

The End