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We spotted this female Pileated woodpecker working over a large stump at a cemetery. She worked it for quite a while, and did not take off even when we got much closer. Perhaps she is used to lots of cars and people in the cemetery.
Roadtirement 
you take great pictures.
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Thanks so very much for the kind comment! 🙂
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Wonderful pictures! Thank you!
Joanna
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We appreciate your visit and the nice comment. 🙂
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I love woodpeckers. One of my very first blogpost was about them!
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That’s very cool When was that?
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Very cool video! That is a busy woman.
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She was really going after it, catching those bugs. Thanks for stopping by.
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She was enjoying herself. Great photos and video.
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Thanks, Tim. We appreciate your kind comment.
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My mother spoke of the pileated woodpecker in almost reverent tones. She saw them at the far end of our property and never anywhere else. When we moved to NC eight years ago, I was inordinately pleased to find a pair in the 200-year-old oak tree in our yard. I see them every once in a while and always think of my mom when I do.
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Thank you for sharing that lovely and nostalgic story, Anne.
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Lovely. I’ve never seen a woodpecker at work
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Glad to share this with you, Derrick.
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