I happened to have my good camera with the zoom lens right next to me in the front seat, and I pulled over to take a picture. Said woodpecker had landed in a large tree, perfectly positioned for a great shot. I rolled down the window, fumbled with the camera, and then he took off right as my toddler yelled, "Mommy, what are you looking at?"
I did manage to get a picture, but not a great one. I had to crop it on my computer or it would have been a fantastic "where's Woody?" exercise. In any case, I've never seen a Pileated Woodpecker in the eight years I've lived in CT, so it was a nice moment in the middle of my crazy day. Here's to hoping you find your Woody Woodpecker this next week!
5 comments:
Were you lucky enough to hear its distinctive call? (It's much like Woody's!)
That's a great area for pileated sightings. The woods in Wadsworth Falls State Park and Long Hill Estate must be home to a lot of them, although it's more common to hear than see them.
Thank you for sharing this JAM - they are rare and that is truly a special sight.
I have one that visits my feeder in the South Farms part of Middletown quite often. They are impressive looking (and sounding) birds!
As the Pileated Woodpecker flies, I live less than 2 miles from Cherry Hill Road. Twice during the past year, most recently in October, I was fortunate enough to see one in a dead tree in the woods next to my house. I had seen one for the first time a few years earlier. So that makes 3 sightings in 22 years at this location. I get a lot of woodpeckers at my feeders, but not the big guy. Anonymous at 11:56 a.m., what is in your feeders?
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