When I first started my adventures in birding, the first time I ID'd a Pileated was when one was eating apples in a neighbor's yard on apple trees that had apples throughout the wintertime. It kept coming back, much to my delight. The remembrance always makes me grin….

Christine Southwick
clsouthwick at q.com

From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mike & MerryLynn
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 11:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Pileated Woodpecker eating huckleberries


I lived many years in Pennsylvania and our Pileated Woodpeckers would really go after the dogwood berries behind our home - hanging upside down a lot. In between feeding on large pieces of suet straight from the slaughterhouse.

MerryLynn

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Mike & MerryLynn Denny

Birding the Beautiful Walla Walla Valley

"If you haven't gone birding, you haven't lived"
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