I've had an unusual number of Pileated Woodpecker observations throughout Bethany, this winter and spring: at the Spykman Preserve near Sperry Road many times, Downs Road, Hatfield Road at eye level, behind the Old Airport on Rte 63, in my own backyard, etc. I love 'em, in all of their Holocene splendor.
(Disclaimer: These observations in no way make any conclusions as to the population density or distribution of Pileated Woodpecker, Drycopus pileatus, in the Northeastern US.)
Steve Mayo
Bethany
--- On Thu, 3/15/12, Lisa <lisaga...@yahoo.com> wrote: