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Does anyone know whether pileateds and other woodpeckers have different
cavities for nesting vs. roosting (i.e. shelter for just spending nights)?
And I have always advocated two ways of pronouncing "pileated", i.e. with
long or short "i", and my personal preference is for "pill-e-ated".
Cheers from Jim
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From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:14:49 -0400
To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Pileated WP
Dear All, Nov 26, 2007
This afternoon at North Alton a Pileated (pronounced pile-at-ed, so
I was told years ago, not pil-e-at-ed) WP came kuk-kuking in at treetop
level as I got out of the car, did a 270 and landed out of sight near a
White Pine that has a 2 (3?)-yr-old nesting hole. I have not seen this
hole in use but it looks the right size and initially had a lot of resin
which may account for it not haveing been occupied.
During the next 3 hours the PWP stayed in the general vicinity,
kuk-kuking from various quarters and flying within sight several times
but I heard no tapping suggestive of tree feeding. Would they be staking
claims to nesting holes as early at this ?
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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