Tag: Pileated Woodpecker
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The Elusive Pileated Woodpecker: Signs of Its Presence
Leonard Weber February 23, 2024 A little over 15 months ago (November 14, 2022), I reported my first sighting of a Pileated Woodpecker in Eliza Howell Park in Detroit. Since then, I have seen one in the park three other times, but just once in the last 12 months (on January 10, 2024). Since the…
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Pileated Woodpecker: Juvenile Searching for a Territory of its Own?
Today, November 14, 2022, after almost 18 years of nature walks here, I saw a Pileated Woodpecker in Eliza Howell Park for the first time. The Pileated Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in North America — unless the Ivory-billed Woodpecker still exists somewhere in a southern swamp. It is 16 – 19 inches in length…
Eliza Howell Nature Walk 