Today we saw the strangest looking bird hammering away at the base of a tree stump. Turns out it was a pileated woodpecker.
uite a large bird. Almost looked like a rooster with a red head with white stripes on the neck. Never seen one before and we've been here 25 years. We had wondered what was digging some huge chunks out of that upper parts of that stump.
Deer, groundhogs, squirrels, the occasional owl and hawk, foxes and bunny rabbits. We get those too along with chipmunks, turkey vultures, coyotes, an occasional bear at the edge of the neighborhood woods. The other day a turkey vulture sat in our yard and devoured a squirrel in under an hour.
In the old days snapping turtles, frogs, toads, and rabbits would be quite common. These days, we hardly ever see them. Squirrels and Chipmunks everywhere.