THE LETTER W ~ WOODIES
Clockwise from top left: the Yellow Bellied Woodpecker, the Downy Woodpecker
and the Pileated Woodpecker. I am now an apartment dweller, but enjoyed
backyard birding when living in a home some years ago.
These woodies were among our regular visitors.
Although the Pileated Woodpecker was most often spotted high in the
large trees on the property or in the neighborhood, a few fallen logs,
flush with bugs had provided splendid meals for this one and it
spent a great deal of time feeding at this ground-station.
We get a lot of woodpeckers here but for some reason they prefer our wooden fence (E&F's purrison fence) to the trees.
ReplyDeleteWoodpeckers are such amazing birds. Mine are still eating suet because it's still cold. And I keep out peanuts all year round for them as they start feeding their babies in a month or so. Those are some great photos.
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty birds. We hear a woodpecker around here, but we have not seen it.
ReplyDeleteWe love the woodpeckers and mom puts out suet just so they come to our backyard!
ReplyDeletesince our yard has become a wildlife sanctuary, i am becoming a birder. these are so beautiful,
ReplyDeleteAren't they gorgeous, with their red, black, white, and tan plumage.
ReplyDeleteThey're such interesting birds. I hear them around, but seldom see one, and even more rarely manage to snap a pic.
ReplyDeleteGreat W words. I love woodies too. Downies, Flickers and red bellied woodies visit my suet feeder a lot
ReplyDeleteI would love to see a Pileated but I expect he is too big to land on the suet cage
Hus Cecilia
Those are all such wonderful looking woodies! Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteWoodies are such handsome birds, we see them here, especially in the fall and winter!
ReplyDeleteWow, those are beautiful!
ReplyDelete😎 Cool woodpeckers! We used to see and hear Pileated fairly often in the forest. They became less frequent as time went on, sadly. There was some deforestation around, I didn't think it was close enough to have an affect, but perhaps it did.
ReplyDeleteGlorious birds! I used to take pictures of wildlife when I sat out with the 3-Ds. Each one is purrfect in their own way (even though I don't believe in absolute perfection). I admit I felt sad for the last woody, above. He looks a little out of it. Was it the pill-he-ate or something? Oops, sorry. My bad.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy my backyard woodpeckers. They are so used to me sitting outside they will just go about their business. They love our suet cakes.
ReplyDeleteNice woodpecker shots. XO
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty woodie
ReplyDeleteI've always thought woodpeckers most handsome.
ReplyDeleteWe have one that lands on our roof and pecks at the steel pipe of our wood-buring stove to make bugs come out from under the flashing. I'm not sure what kind, when we go out to look for him, he hears us coming and flies away, but any time we are trying to nap, we hear him drumming away at the pipe.
Woodpeckers are such interesting birds, and such a variety. We get an occasional visit from the Red Headed Woodpecker, and often see the Pleated Woodpecker, too. As well as the Flicker, the Hairy, the Downy, and the Red Bellied woodpeckers. They love suet, peanuts and sunflower seeds. Not to mention insects! So we often have suet mixed with mealworms.
ReplyDeleteNIce shots, esp the Pileated!
Woodpeckers are a protected species, and I think it's cause everyone wants to kill them when they start pecking on the side of the house!
ReplyDeleteWe love woodpeckers here too! They are the most frequent visitors to our suet feeder although the pileated has yet to use it that we've seen.
ReplyDeleteWe occasionally see a Downey woodpecker and rarely a red belly woodpecker. They stop by the suet feeder in winter.
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