Pileateds can really hammer away. When out birding one time I heard what I thought was someone with a hatchet chopping on a tree. Thought some jerk was vandalizing a tree on public lands...well, the vandal turned out to be a Pileated Woodpecker. I never suspected they could make such a loud chopping sound.
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To: <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "swalalahos" <swalalahos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:46 PM Subject: [obol] Nicolai Mt Breeding Bird Survey results
I ran the Nicolai Mt Breeding bird survey this morning (year 25 if I've done my math right). Weather was on the cool side with overcast. Bird numbers were average with 61 species, 489 birds. PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER numbers were above average. WILLOW FLYCATCHER numbers were below average. Lots of EVENING GROSBEAKS... Best bird was a PILEATED WOODPECKER which I mistook for somebody workingon their house. It was banging away for the entire 3-minute survey window, but I didn't realize there was no house in that direction untilnearly the end. I walked over to the tree after the finishing the timed count and confirmed that sure enough woodpecker, not carpenter. -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR String Theoryhttp://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2182
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