Hi Barbara-Great posting-thanks! I wonder if you know Judy and Norm
Gutterson? We are traveling in the southwest and met them at their
daughters' restaurant in Moab Utah and then ran into them 4 or 5 more times
in the next few days. Lovely people from Weybridge. Barbara Shaw, Winooski


On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Barbara Brosnan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A Pileated Woodpecker flew over our pond and perched in a tree on the south
> side.  The bird called loudly and began drilling.  When it called again,
> one
> of our chickens started and all alert call and repeated it.  The pileated
> answered.  The hen called again; again the pileated called.  This call and
> response continued for 2 or 3 minutes with the pileated flying to and from
> trees in our yard while calling.  The seven hens were alert but not alarmed
> as they are when a hawk flies nearby.  Then all settled into normal pecking
> and drilling mode, except for an occasional surveillance flyover of the pen
> by the pileated.
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> Barbara Brosnan
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> Weybridge
>