We have downy woodpeckers, red-bellied woodpeckers and northern flickers (woodpeckers) that eat ants and every now and then we have visits from the large pileated woodpeckers.
We had a visit from a pileated woodpecker yesterday.
He really 'went to town', as the saying goes, on a large stump in our back yard.
Hope you enjoyed watching him.
Do you ever have a visit from these large woodpeckers?
One stopped by for a minute the other day. I grew up hearing them called "Indian hens."
ReplyDeleteThat's neat. I never heard them called that before.
ReplyDeleteBoy, he really "went to town"! Interesting! I don't know the differences between these birds, but we did have several woodpeckers visit the feeder this winter. They were fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter has these in her yard. Four year old grandson was at her house and shouted, "Wow! Nana, look at this big pecker!" Summer is on the way here in St. Louis, MO.
ReplyDelete*smile* Kids say the darndest things.
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