![PileatedYostMTMFramedScreen0613 A Pileated Woodpecker Peers out of a Hole in a Tree](http://mcmikephoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PileatedYostMTMFramedScreen0613.jpg)
This Pileated Woodpecker was making quite a racket while enlarging this hole in a tree. I saw it fly into the hole, where it apparently then started trying to enlarge the hole – I couldn’t see the bird while in the hole, but could sure hear it banging away inside the tree. Eventually the bird peered out of the hole and I was able to get some great shots of it surveying the are around the tree.
It is definitely a sign that spring is on the way as birds like this woodpecker are starting to build their nesting areas!
![PileatedYostMTMScreen0578 Pileated Woodpecker prepares to enter a hole in a tree.](http://mcmikephoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PileatedYostMTMScreen0578.jpg)