As I was ascending the long staircase from the water back toward the University of Vancouver, a man stopped in the middle said "Woodpecker, woodpecker," and pointed to the side of the path. There, no more than three or four feet from me, was this Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus .   I sat down and begin to shoot.  My flash did not seem to bother him as I stayed for at least ten minutes.

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