So I got home from lunch at the Loggerhead Cafe, which unbelievably I had never been to- right on the beach, full of happy people and some great food! Who knew.
I took Molly out for a walk just now and was greetied at the gate by a Pileated Woodpecker up close and personal! Very exciting as I had only seen them at a great distance. As I stood there watching him bang away at the tree across the street, he flew closer to me and landed on the trunk of a palm so he was perhaps 8' away. Molly was quiet and just watched him too. A real treat.
Pileated Woodpeckers are very similar to that almost extinct Ivory Billed Woodpecker thay have just recently seen in Alabama again- abouut the size of a crow, same coloring except that the Ivory Billed guy has white on his wing sides. Here he is:
And this comes as an exciting climax to my Woodpecker Week- I had seen a red-headed woodpecker working away at a tree just yesterday on my walk.
I wonder if there is a woodpecker feeder I can hang to get 'em closer inside the courtyard- maybe something filled with grubs.
Over and Out.
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The big P's are impressive. We have a lot of blighted old pines in the neighborhood here in GA which draw a variety of woodpeckers including the Pileated.
If you have any dead trees or limbs on the property that can be left safely in place they will draw woodpeckers.
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