[blam]

"These birds are HUGE - at least a foot tall. I'm pretty sure they don't go very south from here."

Don't go far south? We have Pilated woodpeckers here in Mobile too. Our state bird is the Yellow Hammer Woodpecker.

[grannie9]

Just reading the whole thread.. These Sphinx Moths are out all day here, and I've seen them at the flowers near my door at night, when I've put the light on. So they are about, day and night.. I love to catch them with the camera, and chase them all around the yard for a photo..

[JLO]

Wow, blam, I've never heard that before. All my bird books say they stick around here up north. But, then again, all my bird books are for the local northern states. Pileated woodpeckers (in the books, that I have, anyway) don't travel south.)

Hey, maybe this is big news for the real, true bird afficiadios, eh? JLO