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It isn’t often we see a Pileated woodpecker at Casa River…
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But this big guy flew in the other day and had a nosh on the suet nugget cage.
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Pileateds usually stay in the woods and rarely venture into our wide open back yard.
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Good thing I had my phone camera handy.
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River's world..... 
Wow! Great pics. 😀
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Thanks! I was happy to spot him as he didn’t stay long…
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Nice pics. I got a couple pics of one outside my kitchen window. I’ll dig them up and post them.
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We rarely see them here so it was a treat.
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Same here. I got so jazzed up I had to call Cathy at work.
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We can’t put out suet because of the starlings. We will set out some corn for the crows. Cathy likes them and they seem to like her too. I can sit on the porch for a long time and not see one within twenty feet. Cathy comes out and there will be one or two sitting on the rail within a couple minutes, squawking conversationally. She’s working on developing a trade relationship with them, which could be interesting.
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Ugh. The starlings…. they come in droves during the spring. Eat everything in a few hours. A suet a day. More if I’d let them.
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I am sure that woodpecker read some rave reviews about the hospitality there.
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I wouldn’t doubt it. We do put out a nice spread…
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You’re lucky – we have woodpeckers all the time and they can be a nuisance.
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We have downy and hairy, as well as sapsuckers … but not too many pileateds.
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I like your suet nugget cage. We just have an open feeder for ours, which of course the squirrels can navigate like nobody’s business.
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The nuggets are great. No slime…
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I’m lucky to see them weekly, but still, they always make me smile. They are SO darn big and special.
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They’re really too big for the suet feeders so it’s comical to watch them.
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