Country Birder... and Butterflies

	Photo of male, clinging to base of maple stump.  Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	Photo of male at maple stump.  A Pileated Woodpecker male was first seen April 30, 2007, at this same stump.  Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	Photo of male and female pair. Note the differences in the forehead and moustache of the female (right).  Male has a red crown and forehead, and red in the moustache stripe.  Female has no red in moustache stripe; and while she has a red crown, she has a grey to yellow-brown forehead.  Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	Photo of female.  Central Indiana  - May 20, 2008
	Photo of pair; male left, female right.  Note the white line extending from the cheek along the neck.  From the back, little of the white is visible, making it easily distinguished from the critically endangered, if not extinct, Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	Photo of female pecking and gleaning the favored maple stump for insects.  Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	hoto of pair.  While the maple stump seems to be the favored foraging spot, the female did separate from the male to forage at the stump of an ash tree.  Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	Photo of pair.    Central Indiana - May 20, 2008
	Photo of cavity from fresh excavation.  The male visited the maple stump late in the evening May 25, 2008, leaving behind the characteristic rectangle-shaped cavity.  Note the hole where the woodpecker used its long bill to reach insects.  Central Indiana - May 25, 2008.

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