🚀 go-pugleaf

Congrats!  I also saw my first two pileated's this past weekend in Ossippe NH.
I didn't see them in great detail, but caught a good glimpse of them playing
around a tree and then they took off.

I wished i could've watched them for longer, but at least I get to check them
off :-)

LeeAnne

Will/Andrea wrote:

> I went home for a visit to North Fla recently and watched 2 pileated
> woodpeckers play, going round and round a tree and walking on the lawn for
> over an hour. It was the most wonderful thing I've ever seen in my life.
> One of my dreams has been to see these birds but I never thought I'd have
> the opportunity to observe them for such a long period and from such a
> close range. Urban area, cars coming and going, me running into the house
> for the binoculars and situating myself - nothing bothered them. Sure wish
> I had them here in Michigan in my rural area. They seemed to be playing, no
> other description. They would go from the base of the tree up to about 15
> feet and then back down, circling it all the while, looking at each other
> and making small sounds. No attempt to feed that I could see. Then when
> they were on the ground they walked around and kept looking at each other,
> then up to the sky. It was so great. I envy you who have them regularly.
> Andrea