Wow! Finally not just one Pileated Woodpecker...but two!

 Possibly a once in a lifetime moment happened on Easter.  I saw movement in the woods close to the ground.  The wings I saw were large and I thought maybe a Cooper's Hawk was on the hunts.  But I was seeing black and white flashes.  Then I saw another bird that looked the same.  I knew then what I was seeing and grabbed my camera and ran outside.  I told Cindy all is okay and I would explain later.

I had "seen" a Pileated Woodpecker last year...but just a silhouette and heard the laughing call.  What was unusual to me is I had the impression that they liked to stay higher up in the trees.  I don't have the best camera but it was the best at the time!  Here is what I saw...

Pelicans and a Northern Flicker

 It's always fun to see American white pelicans fly over.  I've seen some along the Des Moines River in the past.

This group was flying pretty low overhead...

And I've been seeing Northern Flickers lately (I always called them Yellow-Shafted Flickers)...

It's been quiet lately...but here is a coyote

 

Wild turkeys "trotting" through

I watched this flock of wild turkeys pass through.  Amazingly, my trail camera did not pick up anything even though a squirrel could trip the camera.  I grabbed the pictures below from the back window...

Coyotes end of the month

 Could be the same one or different coyotes in these photos.  The first is a nice one due to not being on the move...

I'm convinced we have coyotes living close by...not just passing through

 It's only been in the last few months that I've seen pairs of coyotes in the same picture.  Over the last seven years, I've just had one at a time.

Here are the latest images...

More Coyotes 2 x 2

 More combo pictures from two different nights...