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Pileated against winter sky
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Pileated against winter sky

by Steve Foss

Category: AvianAdded June 11, 2006218 views

Tree-clinging Birds, Perching Birds

Keywords: pileated, woodpecker, male, scarlet, red, blue, asppen

The north coutry's largest woodpecker, the wary pileated is not easy to approach. This male was foraging in March in dead aspens near Gabbro Lake, in the BWCAW near Ely.
Image Format: Digital Capture - 7 to 9MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No