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Pileated Woodpecker: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/id
She is rarely ever spotted on the ground. First time we have seen her on the ground inside our fence. She is partially obscured by our deck in the top photo. A sunflower next to her is a gift of nature from feeding the birds. Marta took the Pileated photos yesterday.
OS
A great look at her face.
Seeing a robin eat jelly is very rare. I took this earlier this week.
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)I always get all tingly when I hear the Jungle-like call of the Pileated. Sends me into search mode for the timid creatures. I have property in East Texas Forest, and occasionally get a peek.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)There are some chat (French) lovers who think the birds are fair game.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I have a pileated woodpecker who wakes me up every morning with his incessant pecking at the dead tree next to the house here. I have seen many here in my neck of the woods.
Last time I counted, in my back yard there were at least 20 species of birds. From mourning doves to red tail hawks have visited.
Then there are the neighbor's ducks, and the wild turkeys who cross the road twice a day for water from the creek.
One day, on the way to work, on a different back road, there was a flock of about 20 turkeys that would not get out of the road for anything. I just let them pass.
And last week, I helped a box turtle cross the road, rather than get hit by some citidiot.
valerief
(53,235 posts)woodpecker that looked like your Woody. I don't think I'd ever seen one in real life before!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)stage left
(2,965 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)They are fairly common here in Ohio.
If you are in the deep woods and hear one knocking on a tree at a distance you can coax them into making an appearance by knocking on a tree with a small rock. Sometimes it turns out to be one of the other, but still impressively large, woodpecker varieties.
a kennedy
(29,699 posts)They even defend the dish.....won't let the oriels even eat it. So nasty robins are.
Omaha Steve
(99,700 posts)The orioles are pretty much done for the year. The robin didn't get near it until they were done.
Thanks for the info.
OS
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Thanks for sharing!
niyad
(113,527 posts)summerschild
(725 posts)I love reading your posts about them, and I have no doubt I would be entertained for hours just sitting there watching!
I have seen one in my tiny mid-town yard twice this year. I'm all the way down in Memphis, but anyone plugging into my head would have heard me yell with glee!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I don't know if I've seen a female out here, but I hear and see the males fairly often. I think they are cool birds. I also love our red-winged flickers. I think the flicker is one of the most beautifully marked birds, and I see them more often than woodpeckers. But still not often enough.
This thread got me doing searches on birds and I came across this blog, and this guy is so funny, I thought I'd post it here in case anyone wants to read more of his stuff.
http://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/TanagersBees.htm
The rest of this "letter" or blog is really worth reading. Now I have to check out the rest of his site.
I'd never heard of feeding birds jelly before, but now I have to try it, to see if I can get more glimpses of my beautiful Western Tanagers.
Omaha Steve
(99,700 posts)About the Summer Tanager here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Summer_Tanager/id
From our bird cam below.
Does anyone know what the other birds are?
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I love my grosbeaks out here. The most beautiful songs.
The second bird will take longer to identify. Non-distinctive and bland coloring will make it hard to google.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)cannot see the chest or how long the beak is from that angle.
Could it be a brown thrasher?
Never mind. No stripes on the wings.
Looks a little like a Northern Mocking Bird, but they don't have speckled backs.
The birds that are supposed to be attracted to jelly are Orioles, Tanagers, Northern Mockingbirds, Bluebirds, and Blue Jays.
I'm coming up blank on this one.