tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post6014510335143718419..comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Comments on Roundtop Ruminations: Grandmother Nature's Practical JokeCarolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-90510666219715475682008-02-04T15:52:00.000-05:002008-02-04T15:52:00.000-05:00I use "pill-e-ated" because that's how I have hea...I use "pill-e-ated" because that's how I have heard birders with more experience than I, pronounce it. Interestingly enough, I went to Merriam Websters's online dictionary and plugged in the word, which is pronounced by them as "pill-e-ated". Having said all that, I'm glad you finally saw your Pileated Woodpeckers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-35589865792672019832008-02-04T11:09:00.000-05:002008-02-04T11:09:00.000-05:00All: omigosh! At this point I think there are as ...All: omigosh! At this point I think there are as many pronounciations of pileated as there are people. Let's just say it anyway we want to and not pay any attention when the next person says it differently. <BR/><BR/>Carolyn H.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-23883449886798861642008-02-04T08:15:00.000-05:002008-02-04T08:15:00.000-05:00I say Pill-e-ated, but on one PBS program I heard ...I say Pill-e-ated, but on one PBS program I heard two different "experts" pronunce it differently so who knows! It's great about the Pilieated and the Song Sparrow, birds never cease to surprise!<BR/>VernAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-52977453282440087432008-02-04T07:06:00.000-05:002008-02-04T07:06:00.000-05:00I took a third pronunciation route: "pie-lee-ate-e...I took a third pronunciation route: "pie-lee-ate-ed."<BR/><BR/>Now I say "pill-e-ate-ed."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-41421034699089380032008-02-04T06:29:00.000-05:002008-02-04T06:29:00.000-05:00I still say Pile-eated. I think it sounds better....I still say Pile-eated. I think it sounds better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-22618771676754228412008-02-03T22:02:00.000-05:002008-02-03T22:02:00.000-05:00I'm in the Pill-e-ated camp. I managed to get 31 s...I'm in the Pill-e-ated camp. I managed to get 31 species in my yard in January. It wasn't easy, I had a friendly competition with a friend, so that go me putting every kind of food out and watching my windows at every opportunity. You list is great!NW Nature Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274110274292106230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-65808889174697978452008-02-03T22:00:00.000-05:002008-02-03T22:00:00.000-05:00Great bird finds!!! Great picture also, even if it...Great bird finds!!! Great picture also, even if it is through your window.<BR/>:)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18323621639079314628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-44243468713530656692008-02-03T20:21:00.000-05:002008-02-03T20:21:00.000-05:00I've always pronounced it pill-e-ated.I usually fi...I've always pronounced it pill-e-ated.<BR/><BR/>I usually find that when I'm not expecting to see something (and don't have a camera or binoculars), that's when something interesting appears. When I'm prepared, I see the usual birds that tend to hang out here.ChicagoLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023674166511200133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-32292699740297769042008-02-03T19:29:00.000-05:002008-02-03T19:29:00.000-05:00Nina: It gets even better--today I also finally s...Nina: It gets even better--today I also finally saw the hairy woodpecker, which was atypically absent this January. And I was inside the cabin when I saw all 3 of these johnny-come-latelys.<BR/><BR/>Carolyn H.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-24757034921014129022008-02-03T10:41:00.000-05:002008-02-03T10:41:00.000-05:00I'm in the Pile-eated camp.That's how I learned it...I'm in the Pile-eated camp.<BR/>That's how I learned it as a child and it stuck.<BR/><BR/>I am frustrated, too, when what I'm looking for eludes me. And find, more often than not, it finds me when I'm not looking!nina at Nature Remains.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07888238636692649668noreply@blogger.com