the battle of the pileated and the red-belly

On the other side of the creek is this tall, skinny, dead pine tree. The woodpeckers love it. It is a lookout post, plentiful source of bugs and worms, and an apartment building with many living quarters, some round entries probably made by the red-bellied, and some irregular and squared-off, probably remodeled by the pileated.
Today there was a pileated loudly pecking away at the very top. The sound it makes on this hollow tree fills Echo Valley. Another pileated joined him (her?) Several floors below live two Red-bellied Woodpeckers. One was clinging to the outside of the tree and the other was sticking his (her?) head out through the hole. It's pretty early in the morning and I don't think the red-bellies liked all the noise. One of the red-bellies went out on the branch nearby and the other started scooting up the tree toward the pileated. As the red-belly got closer the pileated flew away, then came back. They parried in the air a little, then resumed their business.
The pileated continued hammering, you could hear answering calls throughout the Valley. One of the red-bellies flew to a suet cake.
Life goes on, until the next skirmish.....