Cool behavior! And re <I wouldn’t have guessed berries as a food source for woodpeckers>, I've seen Pileateds feeding on Sumac and Virginia Creeper fruits too.
Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ ________________________________ From: bounce-128036629-5851...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-128036629-5851...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Alyssa Johnson <thebarehandednatural...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2024 1:00 PM To: W. Larry Hymes <wlh2hy...@gmail.com> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pileated Woodpecker I also had a pair in my yard yesterday. At first both were foraging on dead trees, but then one found a patch of poison ivy and was meticulously was picking individual berries off the vine. Very much surprised me, as I wouldn’t have guessed berries as a food source for woodpeckers. However they are a native source of late-winter food for birds! Video here if interested: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/EHZYVFDYs5kfgnfz/?mibextid=WC7FNe On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 12:17 PM W. Larry Hymes <wlh2hy...@gmail.com<mailto:wlh2hy...@gmail.com>> wrote: A couple days ago, we had a pair of PILEATED WOODPECKERS (male and female) at our feeders, at the same time! The female kept feeding on a suet feeder for several minutes. Kept dropping bits of suet, which the squirrels made quick work of. I wonder if the female was storing up in anticipation of nesting. Larry W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850<https://www.google.com/maps/search/120+Vine+Street,+Ithaca,+NY+14850?entry=gmail&source=g> (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu<mailto:w...@cornell.edu> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
