Babs here:
The other day....a grey day at that...we had visitors outside the studio.
[caption id="attachment_348" align="aligncenter" width="334" caption="Pileated Woodpecker Searching for Dinner"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_349" align="aligncenter" width="271" caption="Profile of the Pileated Woodpecker"][/caption]
I love these birds. This is one of a pair. I almost had them both in a single shot and then I must have moved and startled them.
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A lovely shot of this guy. Our pileated woodpeckers were more visible in the past—well, as visible as these shy birds are. Now I just hear them drumming and sometimes see new nest openings in the trees. Had a sighting last year of one guy feeding at a dead tree stump—he was a beauty.