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Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus

Featured image credit: “Pileated Woodpecker” by ShenandoahNPS is licensed under CC PDM 1.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Pileated Woodpecker page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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