#used to never see them but a pair started excavating a nest in the backyard last year but abandoned it

[mothusband]

bird nerds b like no... i actually CANNOT go outside like i've been planning on all morning... what if i disrupt my fave boys' bug hunt ☹️

#sry for pixels taking pics of my camera's screen. was getting ready to go out the door when the pileated SWOOPED in #and the red head a second later. #the red heads i see and hear all the time just usually not this close. the pileateds i see less often. #used to never see them but a pair started excavating a nest in the backyard last year but abandoned it #they nest in the woods now by my house and i see them in the yard occasionally