Siggy's Blurbs: Siggy's Edge of Country …

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.

Tags: bird-watching, birds, dogs, my wife, Pileated Woodpecker, the exotic red crown of a pileated woodpecker, the wild cackle of a pileated woodpecker, woodpecker tapping wood on a dead tree
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