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[ByrdBrainBBW@xxxxxxx]

Wow, after not posting in months and months, here I am posting twice in one 
day!

I wanted to share a little bit of "Woodpecker News" from my back yard. 

I am a HUGE fan of woodpeckers. I've recorded and photographed Pileated's, 
Redheaded's, Red-bellied's, Downy's, and wintering Northern Flicker's, and 
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker's in my yard. 

Then one winter day, a year and a half ago, an adult male Hairy Woodpecker 
showed up. He stayed, finding the suet and peanut feeders much to his liking. 
He 
got less and less shy, and I got to see him "up close and personal" on an 
almost daily basis. (I have super close up pics). But no sign of any female 
Hairy 
Woodpeckers. 

I was concerned that he would move on, without female companionship. Then 
last month my friend Jan Shaw brought a birder from England over to my house. 
They were hoping to get a Hairy Woodpecker for the Englander's life list, and 
Jan 
knew I had one here every day.

But they brought unbelievable good luck with them. They did see a Hairy 
within just a few minutes of arriving. Just not my male, but a lovely adult 
female!

So, now "Potter", (please don't laugh- that is what I call "my" male Hairy 
Woodpecker) has a mate. And last week, for the first time, he brought a 
fledgling Hairy Woodpecker to visit the feeders. I've seen two young Hairy's so 
far, 
and they now come alone to enjoy the suet. What a treat it is to see them!

Marian Delaplane-Bohan
Nashville TN
Davidson County