Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:18:59 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Harvey, David A." Subject: Re: Pileated & Sharpie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" I saw a Sharpie chase a Pileated once. It was rather hilarious. The Pileated landed in a tree near where I was standing and the Sharpie landed in the next tree over. I know that I am not supposed to interpret the thought process of a wild creature; however, it was so obvious. When the Sharpie landed close to the Pileated and took a good look at the size of the Pileated, really thought, What am I doing? Pretty soon the Pileated took off again and seconds later the Sharpie was airborne, in the opposite direction. It was one of those moments we live for, and I will never forget it. Dave Harvey Sykesville, MD -----Original Message----- From: Janet Millenson [mailto:janet@TWOCROWS.COM] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 11:01 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Pileated & Sharpie Last Friday I got within 3 feet of "our" Pileated Woodpecker when I was refilling the suet feeder. Up close, his feathers were clearly more dark brown than black, and the lores looked pale yellow. Yesterday, a large Sharpie (presumably a female) swooped at the Pileated, with no luck. What's the largest prey any of you have ever seen a Sharp-shin go after? (I've seen a Cooper's go after gulls.) Janet Millenson Potomac, MD janet@twocrows.com --------------------------------------------------- "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================