That five woodpecker day was in my back yard. No traveling required

Christine Southwick

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Christine Southwick wrote:

> For the last week I have been on vacation, and I have heard and seen two Common
> Ravens every morning. One has a much deeper "Gronk" than the other; does
> anyone know if sex can be determined by pitch--i.e. are the males larger than
> the females as are most songbirds? Or are these birds large enough that they
> take after raptors and the females are larger?
>
> Also, I want to report (okay, shout from my highest roof) that I had a FIVE
> WOODPECKER day yesterday: 2 Downey, 1 Hairy, 1 Pileated, 2 Northern Flickers,
> and 1 Red Breasted Sapsucker! The sapsucker and the Pileated were working the
> same tree (the Pileated nest tree).
>
> Christine Southwick
> NE 163 and 28 Pl NE
> Shoreline
>
> clsouthwick at comcast.net
>
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