Pileated woodpecker
Chapter 7: When to Sing, and How
Subchapter: How birds go to roost and awake: Going to roost
From page 108 in the book.
Photo by Marie Read
♫457. The wild cackling, untamed and primeval, often given just before going to the roosting tree. Initially the female is perched about 100 yards away, across the frozen water of the swamp, and then at 0:25 begins her approach, landing about 10 yards away from her nest cavity. With all clear for the finale, at 0:40 she flies the last 10 yards and settles into her roosting cavity for the night. January 1, 2004. Norwottuck Rail Trail, Amherst, Massachusetts. (0:50)