I am raising two pileated babies who's tree was chopped down and they could not
be re-nested. I am amazed at their rate of growth. This is something most
people never see, so I thought you might enjoy the "growth photos" I am taking.
Pic taken when they arrived as hatchlings on 5/23/14
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/humnchirp/songbirds/Woodpeckerhatchlings1_zps35b43907.jpg
This pic taken only 6 days later, on 5/29/14
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/humnchirp/songbirds/Pileatedwoodpeckers1_zpsa0c8d226.jpg
And these pictures taken today....one of them has begun to open its eyes, and
you can see just a glint of the red crest feathers on the older nestling.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/humnchirp/songbirds/Pileatedwoodpeckers6414_2_zps8e2832e8.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/humnchirp/songbirds/Pileatedwoodpeckers6414_zps2a0b9d80.jpg
Connie Sale
Connie & Wilton Sale
Chesapeake,VA 23322
humnchirp@xxxxxxxxxxx
Hummingbirds and Songbirds
State and Federal Permits
NWRA, IWRC
WildLife Response, Inc.
http://www.wildliferesponse.org/
Member, Evelyn's Wildlife Refuge
http://www.evelynswildliferefuge.org/ ;
Member, Sacred Friends Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc.
http://www.sacredfriend.org/
