To all on list-please forgive the faux pas.


On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Barbara Shaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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