Wow, look dad a red headed chicken, quick shoot it, mom can make it for supper. Son that's not a chicken it's a big woodpecker, don't move, maybe I can get it if I can steady my shot. Had you lived in Wisconsin in the late 1800's that bird, the pileated woodpecker would have been a common meal at logging camps and pioneer homes. By 1900 the only places where they still survived was in the old growth forest in the north country. Pileated Woodpeckers, like nearly all native U.S. birds, have been f

Silver-haired bat rescued in Roanoke City. These bats prefer old growth forest and migrate from their summer to their winter forest. Swvawildlifecenter.org | Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke

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