[mou] Wirth Park today

[linda whyte]

I recall once watching a pileated woodpecker in Fort Snelling State
Park pull bark pieces off a large section of trunk, though certainly
not to the extreme degree that a black-backed woodpecker might. How
common is that behavior with pileateds?
Linda Whyte

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Alt, Mark <Mark.Alt at bestbuy.com> wrote:
> Peter Neubeck and I walked around the Eloise Butler Sanctuary today, and
> we found many Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creepers (we saw a few,
> heard many of both species, which is which?) We also ran into large
> flocks of Pine Siskins and Cedar Waxwings in the tall Pines and Spruces.
> The Spruce and Pines in this area show large cone crops, this may be an
> area to hold Crossbills at some point this fall or winter. There are
> also large areas of mature pine that have been worked as though by a
> Black-backed Woodpecker. No Woodpeckers to be found and the bark
> leavings were well under the leaves that have fallen, so perhaps this
> was last winter? Still, some of it is bright enough red, people should
> check back and look for the culprit - I am told Hairies will scale
> trees, it would be nice to witness. These trees are on the south side of
> the refuge over the hill past the pond. Chickadees and nuthatches were
> mobbing something in the refuge, but it is closed until April, so we
> could not venture closer to id the source of anxiety. Great day to be
> out and about,
>
> Good birding to you all.
>
> Mark Alt
> Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
> Project Resources Group
> Best Buy Co., Inc.
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