[EBB Sightings] Pileated WP, Redwood Reg. Park ALA

Hi.
  I was up at the location noted by Bob from 3:30-4:45
and may have heard a Pileated in the distance to the
west (across the road and down the hill. It was faint
and I only heard it once or twice, so I really can't
say if it was the bird in question.
  It was pretty quiet up by Sequoia Bowl and down the
Graham trail a ways--and I heard more than I saw;
chickadees, Steller's jays, robins, bushtits and a
probably red-tail.
  So I'll have to just envy my mother in the Seattle
area who reported to me last night about a pair of
Pileateds in sight of her kitchen, as well as a
possible Barred or Spotted owl nest on her property.
(Yeah--I know, out of range. Sorry)
Cheers,
Alan Howe
North Oakland
--- Bob Power  wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> I had a calling Pileated Woodpecker just inside the
> Alameda Co. line this afternoon from 4:00 to 4:30.
> The woodpecker was calling as I exited my car at the
> trailhead parking area on the opposite side of the
> road from the Seq. Parking area. This is just south
> of
> the entrance to the Chabot Observatory on Skyline
> Blvd.
> I've uploaded a GoogleEarth map of the location
> where
> the bird was calling from:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14935921 at N00/
> Despite some cross-country scrambling, I never saw
> the
> Woodpecker.  I walked into the clearing just
> southwest
> of its location, hoping to get a view, but it
> remained
> hidden.  The woodpecker called clearly three times,
> approximately every 5 minutes as I tried to locate
> it.
>  I responded with my best approximation of a
> Pileated
> call, to no avail (no surprise). After 15 minutes,
> the
> bird stopped calling.
> There is a clearing, visible on the map, just 50
> yards
> south of the parking lot, 3 or more snags in this
> area
> show considerable Pileated drilling. The snag where
> I
> believe the bird was calling from is directly behind
> and southeast of a series of camp cabins set in a
> semi-circle, 100 yards south of the parking area. 
> There were two trees in this area that looked like
> they'd had recent Pileated activity.
> 
> Good birding,
> 
> Bob Power
> Oakland, CA
> 
> 
> 
> 
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