The beautiful bird was attracted to the berries of the flowering dogwood--all of the dogwoods I know have flowers, but this one the most spectacular--Cornus florida. I attempted to take a photo of it with my cellphone...which is not even worth posting here. I partially closed the car door, walked slowly around the car, and the long way around to the front door. Upon noticing me, it flew off to a nearby tree. Grabbing the camera, I searched the surrounding area for it, but it had flown off, so I began my post, camera close at hand. Sure enough, I heard the now familiar call, went to the window and tried to focus on my surprise visitor...only to be shocked that the call of a blue jay scared it off! Still hopeful, I returned to continue to compose this post. Luckily for me, it returned again--I guess those berries are as tempting as they are nutritious (from what I've read--and nutritious to birds, NOT humans!). This time, I was able to get a picture to document my sighting...and now, with no more ado, I'll share it with you:
...Now, I did close the car door halfway through composing this, so I'm hoping I didn't drain the battery and can head out for more of those bags of leaves (which I've yet to post about).
3 comments:
Congratulations, David! and congratulations on getting a picture!
We've only seen a pileated in our yard once,but they do nest in the nearby wildlife refuge, so we're hoping for more.
I had no idea that they ate those berries. What an exciting discovery!
Thanks, ladies. :)
Rebecca, I hope you get to see them more often...good to know they are close by.
Ellen,
I had no idea either...that is just one more benefit of creating a natural habit that I can watch more closely...and learn so much from. :)
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