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King woodpecker
August 09, 2020 - It was a warm morning with yet more heat to arrive, so the natural world decided to get to work early. So did I, but as...
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Breakfast pursuit
April 30, 2020 - In this seemingly interminable line of generally unpleasant days, this one began chilly and rainy. But a sudden call fro...
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Woodpecker at work
January 07, 2020 - With the "heat wave" continuing for at least one more day, the local Pileated Woodpeckers have been very loud and very a...
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Flicker, well-grounded
January 27, 2019 - The Northern Flicker that made a surprise visit last week—I don't usually see these striking members of the Woodpecker f...
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Pileated, diminished
February 10, 2018 - This morning when I went to the bathroom, I noticed something strange near the top of the tree that holds our suet cage.
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Woody is back
January 15, 2018 - I heard the woodpecker long before I saw him... and that's hardly surprising. Pileated Woodpeckers, our largest local me...
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Excavation project
December 01, 2017 - Pileated Woodpeckers, our largest local member of the bird family Picidae, are more often heard than seen, and this morn...
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Punk Pileated
April 19, 2017 - The day dawned and remained pretty dreary throughout, and, with iffy weather tomorrow—the day I was scheduled to be teac...
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Snowy visitor
March 10, 2017 - Ah, March. Yesterday was butterflies and amphibians; today is cold and heavy snow. Incipient spring is back in hiding an...
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A touch of thaw
February 11, 2017 - Today was a gift, but not one I expected to have... and not one I really wanted. My granddaughter Stasia and my daughter...
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Quick natural break
January 27, 2017 - One of the primary and oft-noted joys of my so-called retirement has been the opportunity, camera and field equipment in...
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A visit from "Woody"
June 26, 2016 - As is often the case with woodpeckers, I heard the bird before I saw it. And based on the slow and loud bangings on punk...
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A yellow-throated migrant
April 29, 2016 - I had a little bit of time to myself today, so I grabbed the supertelephoto lens and headed to the Babcock Ridge Preserv...
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Pileated very busywork
November 12, 2015 - Just to show I'm not superstitious, I went out for a walk on Friday the 13th, and coming back from the water's edge by t...
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Unexpected visitor
February 26, 2015 - Woodpeckers have distinctive feather patterns, sizes, and voices, but sometimes, you can know which species is in the ne...
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