I saw my first robin of the year. Spring is almost here. There were times the last few days I thought I saw one but this time its red breast was unmistakable. Yesterday, I saw a pileated woodpecker cross the road and alight on a branch. Across from my house across the street is a tree with many holes it it and I have, also, seen one there. I have also seen red bellied and downy woodpeckers on the same tree. I always keep my eyes open on it expecting to see another pileated woodpecker on it. But not yet.
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I spotted the pileated woodpecker, again, (this time from my window in my den) climbing up the tree across the street. I shouted to my wife to glimpse it it but it was too late: it had flown away. She had never seen one. Its red crest and large size were unmistakable. I assured her she would get another chance to see it: the bird would be back.
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I heard a tapping above me outside and I could not find the source. Finally I noted a pileated woodpecker was tapping the wood on a dead tree and he was at least fifty feet up. The tree bordered the street across from me. I only identified the bird by moving to the side of the tree. There was no mistaking its exotic red crest and large size. It was the closest I have ever been to such a woodpecker. He stayed there tapping on the wood for at least fifteen minutes. I tried to get my wife’s attention so she could see the bird but she let the dogs loose in the yard and the commotion must have flushed the bird. I have only seen several in the time I have lived in this area although I hear their wild cackle occasionally.
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We were only two or three miles from my house returning from my birthday lunch. A pileated woodpecker crossed the road right in front of our car fifteen feet up. Its red crest was unmistakable. My wife had never seen one before. In the past nine years I have only seen a couple. Both of us were thrilled. You don’t see them too often. You are more liable to hear their wild cackle than to see them. I considered the sighting a present for my birthday.
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I left the door open to hear the cardinal sing although it let in some cool air. It has been months since I heard one. And I stood at the entrance to listen to the fifteen seconds of singing. A few seconds later, I heard the cackle of a Pileated Woodpecker across the yard and from somewhere off in another direction the distant pecking of another woodpecker.
I must miss quite a bit since I usually do not get up before 9 AM. I was going to church this morning and had set my alarm for 7:30. I finally closed the door: the brief concert was over.
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