Dryocopus pileatus

They're around here in Berkeley Springs all the time. But the Pileateds do try to avoid the paparazzi.


Here's one of my favorite local beetles:


Get your cameras ready, first in series of rare ‘blood moon’ eclipses begins April 15. This picture is from Saturday:


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