Hello Dennis and Tweeters,
It is the Suet what attract this birds.Our Pileated we had in the swamp here in Fircrest on the CBC in December.I guess there wandered and found my Suet been coming every day ,some time twice to there bred in June.We had another single male who coming from the Golf Course.I can tell,he leave in the opposite direction where the birds going to the swamp.We having Pileated close to the Golf Course in the past ,and there been breeding there,but this pair what I attracted a regulars now.I enjoying my yard so much ,since I don't going birding a lot,not having Patrick.


Cheers Ruth
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From: Dennis Paulson
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Pileated Woodpecker w.Young today


On July 21, a male Pileated brought a single young (pale pinkish-red puffy crest) bird, probably a female (no red on face) into our yard twice, fed copiously from the suet cake (very awkwardly as the suet is hanging down from a stand) and then fed the young that was parked on a nearby tree. I got a few photos of the two of them together. I saw it come in with the young bird twice over a period of a few hours, then it came in a third time by itself but filled up again and presumably flew back to where it had left the young. That was the only day this happened. I hadn't heard a Pileated for some time and didn't know there was one around, although I have always thought they bred in the wooded ravine behind our house. Perhaps they moved farther away after this session with our suet.


Dennis


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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:47:11 -0700

From: "Ruth Sullivan" <godwit513 at msn.com>

Subject: [Tweeters] Pileated Woodpecker w.Young today

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Hello Tweeters,

It was worth staying home today,after being absent since June the 20th,I

had the female Pileated Woodpecker bringing her young in to my yard.She went

on the Suet,the two young birds was sitting still in the Birch tree,after a

while she came to the young and fed them suet while I watched and taken

photos.This is only the second time that I see a Pileated Woodpecker feeding

there young.The other occasion appeared in Snow Park Okanagon Co.There we

had a pair of Pileated and Williamson's Sapsucker side by side feeding there

young in trees.The Pileated Woodpecker is of view in a Burien Park,it was a

laminated photo.The Squirrel scared the woodpeckers today,so there went deep

in to the trees.This pair of Woodpeckers been here since the 17 of November

coming every day to June ,when there was breeding.I also had a group of 18

Bushtit's where there enjoyed the birdbath mixing in with all the many

Chickadee's of both races.




It was a good day

Cheers Ruth Sullivan



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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net








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