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Pileated drinking creek water



A quick stop at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary in Asheville this morning
yielded a terrific look at a male Pileated Woodpecker.  It lit on a stick
lying in a shallow creek and spent a minute or two drinking water.  Before
that, it hammered at a dead trunk on the right side of the creek,
contributing to the beginnings of what might become a nest hole.

This spot is just below the outflow from the new pond.  I was standing on
the berm looking down the creek when the bird flew in.

Len Pardue, Asheville, NC