It’s not often I’m able to see a Pileated woodpecker close up.
They’re usually flying away from me, as I view white patches on their underwings and typical woodpecker undulating flight.
Or I hear their loud drilling in the tree tops as I peer through shadowed leaves for a glimpse of the almost crow-sized black red-crested bird with white stripes on its head.
This weekend I happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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We were into our second hour of birding this week at Erie Marsh Preserve before we found a Semipalmated Sandpiper.
Once my birding friend and I found one, we discovered another two dozen (and possibly more!) Semipalmated Sandpipers foraging in an adjacent mudflat at the marsh.
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Commonly found perching on an exposed tree or shrub branch, I usually see the Eastern Kingbird on the edge of marshes.
The bird flies out quickly to grab an insect before settling back on the same branch.
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