This week's collection of Sightings

This week's collection of Sightings

The tops of hydro poles seem to be attractive to pileated woodpeckers who want to announce their presence and be “seen” by other members of their species. For several years a pair of pileated have used our woodlot in Quispamsis for foraging and nesting and the male bird often uses the hydro pole at a nearby road intersection as a drumming site. I’ve also seen the pair copulating there in the springtime. The “drumming” of woodpeckers is the equiv…