Meet Junior

I have blipped our local pileated woodpecker before , mostly while he was banging on our neighbors windows. It appears that he did find his girl this year , even though the windows don't make much noise in comparison to a dead tree. But, love triumphs  and the nest is probably in the neighbors big old willow. It has several large holes just right for a family. The Dad was in the willow cackling  and Junior here was working his way up the telephone pole, calling back to Dad. You know  the sound .: adolescent higher pitched voice , breaking occasionally . A little bit of panic , first flight out. He figured it out though and made it back to the tree safely .