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hi Bob - this reminds me of an experience I had years ago near our old  
house in Marietta GA.  On a trail in the woods I came upon a Wood duck and  
Pileated woodpecker, very high in a pine, fighting over a prized hole.  The  
odd thing was that I had never seen a Wood duck at the subdivision pond not 
far  from the woods.  And Pileated's aren't as common up here as down in  
Florida.  I came home and told my husband the exciting story.  When we  returned 
the next day to check on the tree, I couldn't spot it!  The tree  had 
toppled overnight and we walked up to the hole they had been fighting  over.  
 
Vicki DeLoach
Woodstock GA
 
 
In a message dated 4/15/2012 10:09:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1204c%26L%3DFLORIDABIRDS-L%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D22317%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII" >[log in to unmask]</a> writes:

Late  this afternoon I walked through Olustee Battlefield
in search of birds for  my year list (FOY Swallow-tailed Kite
Summer Tanager Eastern Wood Pewee).  On my way out
I noticed two largish birds perched on a branch high up  in
a pine. They turned out to be a pair of Wood Ducks. Several
hundred  yards down the road I found six more Woodies on
the ground right at the  interface between the recently burned
woods and the grassy area. What's odd  about this is that the
nearest water is about one mile away. There aren't  even any
rain pools or damp spots as there has been no rain to speak
of  for a few weeks. There is no swampy or wet areas anywhere
near this  location.

Bob Richter
Baker  County

http://www.pbase.com/Bob_Richter

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