Today I photographed a rare bird in Nebraska - the Pileated
Woodpecker. It shouldn't be here -
Nebraska is completely out of its range.
This isn't an undocumented vagrant that accidentally arrived. It is excavating a nest and intends to stay.
The loess hills were formed from windblown glacial silt left
over from the ice ages. In Fontenelle
Forest and the nearby area the loess provides a forest environment unlike any
other found in Nebraska. The Pileated
Woodpecker likes what he finds here. I'm
amazed that I can photograph such a diversity
of nature so close to the urban environment of Omaha.
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