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Offline Marc St Louis

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« on: March 18, 2015, 07:28:00 pm »
We have a shelf outside one of our windows where we put out some food for the birds, usually suet for Woodpeckers.  This guy has been coming daily all Winter

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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2015, 07:51:39 pm »
A pileated woodpecker. Cool!  We have a good population of them here. They let you know when they are in the neighborhood. 
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« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2015, 08:46:52 pm »
So close to the house.  Awesome.   I get them also, but never near the house. Have to follow the jack hammer sound thru the tree tops to see them.
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2015, 09:29:21 pm »
They were extremely rare 30 years ago, much more common now.  I've seen this guy hang around with his mate taking turns on the suet ball.  He has a peculiar habit while he is feeding of eyeballing the window, quite comical.  I'm sure it's because he can see his reflection in the window.
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Offline Knoll

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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2015, 11:04:06 pm »
Saw my 1st pileated wp last winter.  Heard him long before seeing him.  What a big hunk of bird!  He too was regular customer at the suet cake hanger in middle of yard.
Didn't show this past winter.   :(  But there were lots of his smaller cousins.
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2015, 11:08:56 pm »
Now I can put a name to the face. A pair has made a nest in my wife's grandparents apple tree. This is right next to their patio, about 7 feet high.
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Offline sleek

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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2015, 11:30:23 pm »
Stupid question.  Was that hole there or did they peck it?
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2015, 11:36:03 pm »
They pecked it.
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Offline sleek

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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2015, 11:42:16 pm »
Wow, thats a bunch of work. Bet they wouldnt try that on osage!
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Offline Chief RID

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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2015, 10:05:56 am »
They don't care what they hit or how hard. They like it. You better hope he does not take a peck at that woodpecker in the window. I love all woodpeckers but the pileated is something special.
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2015, 10:37:13 am »
How many of you know that the Pileated was the subject for the Woody Woodpecker cartoons?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2015, 10:52:34 am »
We have them all over up here. I see them weekly behind the house when Im outdoors more. I love those sledge hammers!
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2015, 11:04:40 am »
yep we have a bunch here also, I use a call that simulates them to shock gobble turkey mid morning during Turkey season. :) Love to watch and listen to them. :) Nice picture Marc.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2015, 01:51:54 pm »
Interesting story about pileated woodpeckers...in The Witchery Of Archery, Maurice Thompson said they hunted only the Ivory Bill woodpeckers because the pileated woodpeckerswere so scarce. These days, it just the opposite.
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2015, 10:29:44 pm »
I saw my first pileated about 20 years ago while bow hunting, had to look in the bird book as soon as I got home to find out just what it was. Since then I have noticed more and more of them each year while I sit
in my stand each fall, they seem to be doing quite well here too.
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