My apologies if this is a double posting but it does not appear the first email went through?
This morning we got a late start on the day and were walking our dogs in our neighborhood, Colonial Heights in Yonkers. Kevin and I left home at 930. At 940 we heard a very loud strident call and looked up in a tree to see an adult Male Pileated woodpecker!! It was first sighted at the corner or LaSalle Drive and Carlton Ave. Fortunately for us, he was headed in our direction! So for the next 30 minutes he made his way southward down the ridge we were walking along moving from tree to tree. We finally lost sight of him at the corner of Mayflower Drive and Colonial Parkway and he was still working his way southward towards Bronxville. Since we were walking at the top of the ridge he was often virtually at eye level and less than 50-100 feet away! We watched him pull off large 8-12 inch pieces of bark, heard him call many times and heard him drumming on various trees. Really incredible. Only the 4th time we have seen a Pileated Woodpecker and by far the longest and best looks we have ever had. Unfortunately we only had our iPhones with us so did not get any "good" shots but did get shots that probably will serve as "evidence" if it is required. Other birds seen were a light morph red tail hawk being mobbed by a pair of fish crows. The fish crows were also seen carrying nesting materials. Cardinals(singing), song sparrows(singing), white throated sparrows(singing), chickadees, house finch and gold finch also seen this morning. Good Birding, Paula and Kevin Landdeck -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
