[Umpqua Birds] Re: Pileated Woodpeckers and stellar jays
- From: "Mary Ann Wilcox" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "maryannw27@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:21:45 -0700
Wonderful pictures, thank you, Francis......Mary Ann Wilcox
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:24 PM, Francis Eatherington
<francis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This afternoon I heard two woodpeckers tapping behind my house. I could see
one, a pileated woodpecker, at the base of a Douglas fir tree (not an old tree,
but it has a swollen base). I'm pretty sure it had no red cheek feathers, so I
guess it's a female.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15074242@N00/14896615951/in/photostream/
Also of interest, there are a LOT of steller jays flying around in the same
woods, and even exploring little things on the ground in my back yard. They
just arrived a couple of days ago, making a racket. I could see 4 at one time
though there are more. I have no bird feeders, so these jays came just because
they like the woods here, I guess. I saw two of the steller jays chasing each
other around the branches of a tree, around and around.
While I was watching the woodpecker, there were lots of jays in the forest in
the background, being very busy doing, I'm not sure what.
While I have no bird feeders, I am near a creek (Dysert Creek) that still has
running water in several pools, so I assume the birds are drinking there. I
just bought a trail-camera that I plan to put down by the creek to see if I can
get photos of whoever is drinking there.
Francis
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