I notice that the "Yellow Book" indicates that the
late date for nesting is uncertain, so thought i would
pass along the behavior i observed this afternoon:

A female Pileated was poking her head out of a cavity
and calling for 20 to 25 minutes at Parklawn cemetery
in the vicinity of Rock Creek until i left the area. 
She would occasionally pick at the bark outside the
cavity and extend her tongue as if to grab prey,
although i couldn't see if she was actually catching
anything.


Jim Speicher
jugornought—at—yahoo-dot-com
Rockville @work :(
Broad Run_S. FRED Co @home :)

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