Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rt time at almost anyperiod of the day in order to hear again that muffled knocking sound, madeby one of the birds as it chiseled away at its work. The birds were not sufficiently frightened or annoyed by our presence todesert the nest they probably were building, but it was evident that they wishedto take no chances by allowing themselves to be seen. There possibly may have been eggs in the nest at the time, for these Wood-peckers are known to dig away at the walls of their nesting-cavity with theirbills after the eggs have been laid. With what fortunes the birds met in their attempt to rear a brood that yearI did not learn, but doubtless they had a successful season. Eight monthslater, when passing through the same territory, I visited the spot and foundthat the old tree had fallen. Cutting away the wood I discovered that thecavity made by the Woodpecker had extended downward for a little more than3 feet, turning slightly to the right as it descended. Why the hole had not been (364)
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PILEATED WOODPECKER Order—PiciGenus—Phlceotomus Family—Pici D^Species—PI LEATUs National Association of Audubon Societies Pileated Woodpecker 365 dug straight downward I could not discover, as there was iio knot nor otherindication of especially hard wood that would seem to turn the builders aside.Nevertheless, the bottom of the hole, where, on a layer of fine chips, the eggsand young must have rested, was at least 4 inches to the right of the entrance. This nest was found in one of the innumerable hammocks which surroundmany of the lakes in central Florida. Here the heavy growths of oak, magno-lias, hickory, and gum make an ideal home for these timid Woodpeckers.The birds are still abundant in suitable regions of that state, but one should goto the primeval forests to find them, for they do not like woodlands that havebeen cut over, and it is very rare to see one in the open pine-barrens of thesandy country. Next to the giant Ivory-billed, which is now almost extinct in the U

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