AUDUBON JOURNAL 



July 29*^" 1 82 1 



I had the pleasure of Meeting with Several Red 

 Cockaded Wood Peckers yesterday during a Walk We 

 took to the Pine Woods and [to] procured Two beauti- 

 fuU Males, both alive, being Slighdy wounded each in 

 the Wing — the particular & very remarkable cry of 

 this Bird can be heard at a very considerable distance 

 of a Still day, in articulation which resembles that of 

 the Hairy Wood Pecker, but is much more Shrill & 

 Loud, the Tall pine trees are its Chosen haunts and 

 seldom does it ahght on any other Kind of Timber — 

 its Motions are quick, gracefull and easy, its Move in 

 all directions either on the Trunk or Limbs, Looking 

 often very cunningly under the Loose pieces of bark 

 for Insects: is more Shy than any of its Genus. Watch- 

 ing attentively all our Movements below, they Kept 

 allways on the opposite side— peeping carefully at us 

 — The second one Shot did not Loose a Moment to 

 think of its Misfortune, the Moment it fell to the 

 ground it Hoped briskly to the Nearest tree and 

 Would soon have reach its top had I not secured it- 

 it defended itself With courage and so powerfully did 

 it peck at my fingers that I was forced to let him go- 

 Confined in My Hat on my head, they remained 

 still and stubborn. I looked at them several times, 

 when I found them trying to hide their Heads as if 

 ashamed to have lost their Liberty— the report of my 



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