I always say "Pill-ee-ated". I'm interested to hear other answers. Bill Evans Beavercreek Clackamas County Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2015, at 6:39 PM, R. Adney Jr. <rfadney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Okay, dumb question of the day. > > What is the proper pronunciation of "Pileated"? > > I have heard four or five different pronunciations with the most common being > 'pie-lated'. > > > > Rich Adney > > http://avianpics.blogspot.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/adneyvisualarts/ > http://www.oregonimages.net > > > > Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 11:47:32 -0800 > > From: jlpaul2006@xxxxxxx > > To: birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [Birding] Pileated Woodpecker's > > > > Watched a male and female Pileated woodpecker tearing apart a rotted fir > > tree stump this morning while doing our feeder watch. > > > > Jerry and Judith Paul > > Highland Dell area, Corvallis > > _______________________________________________ > > birding mailing list > > birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://midvalleybirding.org/mailman/listinfo/birding