East Haddam flying stuff 06/01

[Rumohr at aol.com]

My list is short indeed compared to yours as a morning spent in grson's 
nursery school, few hours at Barnes and Noble buying kids books limits my out 
door viewing time but last night in Norwalk while visiting family I spotted a 
Pileated woodpecker and followed it from tree to tree around thier yard for a 
good 20 minutes. I was so thrilled as I had never seen one so close. My uncle 
had remarked earlier that a few weeks ago they had a tree removed and its 
center was so filled with ants (quote) " We needed 2 cans of insect spray to 
kill them all". Since they (my 85 yr old aunt and uncle) don't like messy 
birdfeeders , they have little understanding what a great habitat their yard 
complete gardens and a fine woodlands, is. The felled tree was probably a 
prized source of food for that magnificent bird. Always looking for 
wings,Ruthie Mohr