Tveten (p. 225) writes "Roy Bedichek in Adventures with a Texas Naturalist, described his encounter with a pair of pileated woodpeckers along the Neches River near Lufkin in 1937, When he heard their 'Unearthly clamor,' Bedichek asked a native what the bird was. "A good God.," the fellow replied, with the emphasis on the 'good.' 'You see, people ain't usta seein' a woodpecker as big as a crow; so when they do see one, they jes' natchally say, 'Good God!'"

I think it's bigger than a crow.

Photo taken with a Nikon D70 using Nikon 400mm, f/5.6 lens.

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April 22, 2006.