Hi Tweets...I never in a million years thought I would see a Pileated
Woodpecker here in Ocean Shores but I did this evening. I was driving north
on Torrisdale near the Cabana Pool/Perkins Pond area when a bird flying just
ahead and above me caught my attention. I thought it was a Green Heron at
first then I saw the red cockade and the black and white body as it turned
across the road and headed towards the intersection of Butter Clam and Ocean
Shores Blvd. We have a lot of Shore Pine (Pinus contorta) in that area, and
some remaining Sitka Spruce, but it is mostly willows and salal...and
Himalayan Blackberries of course.

Dianna Moore
Ocean Shores, Wa.
dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com