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  • Pileated Woodpecker vs. Stump

    A pileated woodpecker devoted considerable attention to debugging the remains of a stump in our front yard:

    Pileated Woodpecker - front yard stump
    Pileated Woodpecker – front yard stump

    It’s surely a descendant of this one, eleven years ago:

    Pileated Woodpecker
    Pileated woodpecker

    If you’re willing to wait a decade or so, a stump pretty much falls apart on its own, meanwhile providing habitat for critters both great and small.

    Update: By popular demand, a slightly pixelated pileated woodpecker:

    Pileated Woodpecker - front yard stump - pixelated
    Pileated Woodpecker – front yard stump – pixelated