[TN-Bird] Pileated Woodpecker Family

From: viclcsw@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:14:45 -0500 (EST)

I observed a family of four pileated woodpeckers foraging in my yard yesterday 
for about thirty minutes (4-4:30), a pair of adults and two sub-adults or 
juveniles, one male and one female.  It is not easy to keep up with four birds 
and insure you aren't seeing the same bird twice while they switch from tree to 
tree, but because they were split, two east of where I stood, and two to the 
west I could count them from sight and the sounds of bills hammering trunks.  
This is earlier in March than last year's sighting of an adult pair with one 
female off-spring.


The whimpering call that is familiar when a young bird is with its parent or 
sometimes when the pair are together, caused me to pick up my camera and go out 
to search for them.  The photos made it easy to distinguish the individuals, 
even though their plumage is essentially the same except for the male's red 
mustache stripe.  A fun and lingering encounter.  Photos are posted on my blog.


http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/


Vickie



Vickie Henderson
Knox County
Knoxville, TN


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[TN-Bird] Pileated Woodpecker Family

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