Tracey Ormerod

Canadian Nature Photographer | Writer

Noise

May 27

2025:

A yellow-bellied sapsucker tapping a tree, red crest shining in the sun
We heard him long before we saw him. The sound of his beak pounding on the tree echoed everywhere through the forest. He sounded larger than life.

2026:

Singing from our rooftop.
This guy wakes us up every morning.
The sound is joyful to us,
but for him it’s a message to ‘the ladies.’