Today was a gorgeous day, too warm for March, but still gorgeous. The crocuses were popping hard. The bees were busy. The sun–OMG–the sun. I had almost forgotten there was a thing such as the sun, and then there it was, all bright and warm. My husband called me outside to see the woodpecker that he’d spotted in one of our trees. He ID’d the bird later as a pileated woodpecker. He was already pleased to have seen and heard the bird, and when he read in my field guide that it was “a special treat when seen or heard,” he seemed even more pleased. Who doesn’t like a little validation from time to time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now here’s a little treat for anyone who hasn’t been lucky enough to see and hear a pileated woodpecker before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n