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A park ranger rests for a moment at Chimney Rock.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust
Pileated Woodpecker on a tree in the Catoctin forest.  

Did You Know?
Pileated Woodpeckers are the 2nd largest woodpecker in North America. Male has a red ‘moustache’ and the female has black. Lifespan in the wild can be 8-12 years. The pileated is the only member of the woodpecker family that drills an oval-shaped hole.

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