Comments on: Pileated Woodpecker [video] http://monarchbfly.com/2008/03/07/pileated_woodpecker/ My life is about living with nature - here you can live it with me! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Durant family http://monarchbfly.com/2008/03/07/pileated_woodpecker/#comment-16958 Sat, 31 May 2008 20:47:13 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-16958 We just saw a male pileated on our suet in our suburban rochester backyard. Dan saw one a few weeks ago pecking away on an old rotten tree, so he won’t take the tree down and he has been looking for the it without luck. Today, our dgter said “hey ! look how big that thing is” – called us over. Four of us stood for about five minutes watching him feed on the suet. How thrilling. Now we know why we’ve been going through so much suet – we thought the downies and hairies were feeding their babies. We’ve seen a pileated only a handful of times in the 27 years we’ve been here and last fall Dan saw a couple in the Adirondacks. We found your site while looking for a picture for our grandson to print to take to kindergarten on Monday. Have camped in Allegheny State Park since a child, tho not recently. Thanx for the video and other pictures. Dan/Cheryl

]]> By: Conrad http://monarchbfly.com/2008/03/07/pileated_woodpecker/#comment-15940 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:23:46 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-15940 Hello. I drove into my folks driveway last night around 7PM and 25 feet in front of me was a huge redheaded woodpecker silently pecking at a totally rotten log next to the wood pile. It let me walk up to about 14 feet. What a beautiful site. Your video of one proves it was a pileated woodpecker. How common are they to southern New England? Thanks.

]]> By: Peter http://monarchbfly.com/2008/03/07/pileated_woodpecker/#comment-15812 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:45:56 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-15812 Great images, how lucky you were to see this let alone get great photos. This is Carols nemesis bird, She is going to love your post and I’m sure you will here from her.

Peter
It’s about the Journey

]]> By: mon@rch http://monarchbfly.com/2008/03/07/pileated_woodpecker/#comment-14932 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:23:12 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-14932 @ Lisa – They do remind me of Woody also! I call the Woodpecker Dr to help your trees!
@ Aullori – thanks and sounds like they would make the most perfect alarm clock! LOL Birds do have personalities and it’s great that you can pick up on some of them!
@ lvn – thanks and I hear more than see . . but when I do they quickly disappear!
@ Christina – thanks and I would love that! Anytime my friend, any time!
@ Zen – thanks and those chunks are amazing! Thanks :)
@ Barb – bravo and great picture also! Did David ever get back to you on these guys? I wonder if some of those others we looked at might have been off from their photoshoping or exposure making it look off orange! I am also but do note that I was only writing what was in my reference material! But, you did have me questioning myself! Hey, you should blog about this little pileated project you did? ?

]]> By: Barb http://monarchbfly.com/2008/03/07/pileated_woodpecker/#comment-14930 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:22:32 +0000 http://bfly.wordpress.com/?p=570#comment-14930 Tom – guess what? I just found my first pileated woodpecker picture on the net that I DO BELIEVE has RED eyes!!!
http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/gallery/2743415_2LxRf/1/263742687_o42UF/Original
I’m so glad this came up and now – I KNOW. You are right!

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