woodpecker!

I was happy the other day to hear a catbird calling, and to see the wren poking through garden beds I had just cleared of weeds. The house finches joined them. But today was even better- I got a good sighting of this large woodpecker digging out one of our empty stumps. There's two in the yard that have been getting hollowed out, I wasn't sure which animal was working on it. Pileated woodpecker.

What a stunning bird. Difficult to get a photo becuase I didn't want to startle it away- these are from across the lawn. 

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