Yesterday I saw a pileated woodpecker on the highway. As I went past I noticed its head was up, so it was obviously alive.
I turned around to check on its injuries... stopped beside it and stepped one foot out of my truck... when it flew off to land in someone's tree!
I was cheering "go birdie go!!"
I think it probably had been stunned by a car strike but it flew strongly. I'm hoping it is ok.
(I didn't get a picture because that was the LAST thing on my mind in the moment!)
I turned around to check on its injuries... stopped beside it and stepped one foot out of my truck... when it flew off to land in someone's tree!
I was cheering "go birdie go!!"
I think it probably had been stunned by a car strike but it flew strongly. I'm hoping it is ok.
(I didn't get a picture because that was the LAST thing on my mind in the moment!)