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Better birders than I have already debunked the “sightings” as likely being of pileated woodpeckers or red-headed woodpeckers.

If you’ve seen a pileated woodpecker—a thriving cousin of the ivory-billed—you know they are huge.

A pileated woodpecker swooping tree to tree drew me to the school.

Anderson says “hard excavators,” such as the pileated woodpecker and northern flicker, will begin the process by hollowing out holes searching for insects.

He didn’t see much wildlife of note, though he did spot a pileated woodpecker with a vibrant red head, a falcon near its nest, and a few hawks.