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Donkees

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8. Suet, either the commercial blocks or fresh suet hunks from the meat counter
Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #7)
Wed Apr 10, 2024, 05:02 AM
Apr 2024

They need to prop their tails, so the feeder cage has to be tied to a thicker branch, instead of free hanging.

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Pileated Woodpecker [View all] Donkees Apr 2024 OP
i can't seem to paste it, rampartc Apr 2024 #1
Besides the elusive Ivory-billed, there are other pale-billed woodpeckers such as in Belize ... Donkees Apr 2024 #2
I have seen exactly two in my life, once when I was a little kid and my visiting grandmother called us outside to see it Rhiannon12866 Apr 2024 #3
I see them scavenging and 'working' on old trees :) Donkees Apr 2024 #4
Yup, that's what the one I saw recently was doing at the stump of my mother's tree Rhiannon12866 Apr 2024 #5
This time of year I hear their calls, and have even had one feasting on the peanut feeder Donkees Apr 2024 #6
What do they like besides insects, peanuts? And the two I saw must have found insects in the recently downed trees Rhiannon12866 Apr 2024 #7
Suet, either the commercial blocks or fresh suet hunks from the meat counter Donkees Apr 2024 #8
Thanks so much! There are other trees close by and my mother had a bird feeder that my brother hasn't been tending Rhiannon12866 Apr 2024 #9
We have some near the house, but every time we see them it's still a treat. dem4decades Apr 2024 #10
ha ha ha ha ho thats the woody wood pecker song. AllaN01Bear Apr 2024 #11
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