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To attract pileated woodpeckers to feeders, set out suet, a high-calorie snack, in a bird feeder that’s large enough for these big woodpeckers. Choose a feeder with a long tail prop.
While I was stuffing the post holes with suet a pileated woodpecker flew into the yard. There are two that make daily suet stops. They are shy birds. I expected this one to leave. No.
One Pileated Woodpecker stands out from the four known to visit our suet feeder. It began standing out yesterday when, after a few pecks at the suet, it hitched itself up the tree trunk and went ...
Fun fact: The oldest known pileated woodpecker was 12 years, 11 months old. They will sometimes visit backyard bird feeders, especially for suet.
Having pileated woodpeckers at our suet feeder is pretty much a daily occurrence. Watching this giant bird figure out how to get suet out of the little wire cage without having morsels drop to the ...
A pileated woodpecker clings to a suet feeder for a bite to eat. Depending on the habitat found in your neighborhood, chances are good one of these woodpeckers will visit your feeders. Amy ...
The pileated woodpecker is the largest of the North Carolina woodpeckers, truly a magnificent bird, and maybe one that is even familiar to the casual birder. It is fairly common throughout the ...
Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Co. THE PILEATED WOODPECKER is our largest woodpecker, big as a crow, and as children we first saw a similar bird in a carA'toon movie where it was given the name ...