Woodpecker
He's really doing a number on the tree in front of my game camera. Wonder how long before he yells "timber".
Here I am distributing forage for the forest critters in 15 degree weather.
-
I believe that is a Pileated Woodpecker. Haven't saw one of those for a long time.
3 -
My Arkansas Ozark buddies called those "Lordwhatta" woodpeckers, (a.k.a. pileated woodpecker).
3 -
Yuppers, pileated. A good indicator species of relatively healthy forests in the PNW.
3 -
Nice photo and good on you to keep all the critters fed
We have had a couple woodpeckers hanging around but just a plain dark color versions downie ?
After the last snow the ground has been covered .
my wifes bird feeders are the place to be I guess we have seen Cardinals , woodpeckers, robbins ,blue jays .and countless sparrows
One odd ball site we had
A few days back in one of the small trees, their must have been 20 to 30 at least Robin's all males with the red chest hanging together .
We see a couple now and then, but never anything close to that flock of Robbins hanging together
I just brought home two more 30 pound bags of wild bird food ( seeds ) for her to keep them going
3 -
'Nice photo and good on you to keep all the critters fed'
MDC says that's a prime way to spread CWD. 'Feeding the critters' is illegal in some parts of Missouri.
0 -
I need to pick up a couple more bags of birdie food today. I buy cracked sunflower seeds with no hulls. They don't sprout, there's very little mess, and the birds love 'em. Cheap feed has a lot of red millet seed, which hardly any bird will eat and it gets strewn everywhere when they just kick it aside. And then the damn stuff sprouts in your yard. If the stuff you buy has a lot of red "#6 shot" in it, that's red millet. Shop for something else.
0 -
Pileated Wood Peckers.
Sometimes also called wood hens. (rumored that people eat them during hard times)
Usually two and they stake out their claim on trees and territory.
I listen to and watch them when I'm sitting in my deer stands. They have favorite tree they like to hammer on as a no trespass warning to other peckers. (when they first wake up early mornings)
3 -
I also have heard some of the older generation call these "Wood Hens". I used to see these quite often but Haven't in a while now.
0 -
There were so many woodpeckers on our hunting lease that it sounded like some was building a house near the river.
3 -
Had a pair of them in my backyard Sunday.
0 -
We get those noisy buggers around our place rarely. The are fun to watch but can be a bit destructive. Fortunately, they haven't attacked the house, but I have several 12" diameter cedars with a series of 4" holes pecked in them. Every day we do get the red bellied, hairy and downy versions at the suet feeders but never the pileated ones. That's probably a good thing considering how much they would probably eat! Bob
0 -
First built my house I used a lot of white pine for trim and timbers on the outside.
Boring "bees" would drill holes and of course lay eggs in the holes.
Come spring the "bees" would hatch then the wood hens showed up. When they went to work on the pine it sounded and looked like a lumber jack at work.
Every thing is wrapped in trim coil now, no "bees" and pecker woods.
6
Please sign in to leave a comment.
Comments
12 comments