Pileated Woodpeecker sighting!

[dantesspirit]

Sat afternoon, hanging out on the trees just the other side of the fence.

This is only the 3rd time I've spotted this bird, let alone got clear enough photos to positively identify them, here at Five Oaks.

Next to the Red Headed Woodpecker and the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, these are the hardest Woodpeckers to get photos of here. I swear they know when you're trying to get a photo of them. Heh.

Comments

Re: Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>This was the Habitat Oak, as we called it for the birds and the Five Line Skinks that lived on/in it,<<

Skinks are so adorable. :D

>>It still looks odd back there now.<<

Every time a big tree falls here, it takes a while to get used to the changed canopy. And I have all the layers of a rainforest: emergent trees (sycamore), canopy trees (mostly walnuts and hackberries), understory trees (mostly mulberries), shrubs (privet, Canadian hemlock, forsythia, etc.), vine (wild grapes!), herbaceous (woodland and prairie plants), ground covers (wild strawberry, lawn, etc.), and roots (sunchoke).