The Pileated Woodpeckers return
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A little over a month ago I posted some pictures of a male Pileated Woodpecker which had visited close enough, and for long enough, for me to get some pictures. I haven't seen them since (although I've heard them once or twice) - until this morning.
One landed in my pines close enough for a shot, but I didn't have my camera, and typically they'll fly off before I can get a shot, so I didn't try to get it. Sure enough, it flew off shortly toward the back of the lot. But then, a couple of minutes later, it came back, seemingly harassed by a Blue Jay, which was following it. The Blue Jay flew off, and the Pileated then flew to the closest tree to me in the yard - offering the best picture yet of them, but no camera. :-(
Then a second one appeared farther back, and the first actually flew toward me, landed on the suet feeder, and commenced to munch! However, when I moved slightly, it flew.
I decided, "Enough of this!" and went to get my camera. And sure enough, the more distant one was still there, which allowed me to get this long-range shot. It's a female (black mustache, while the male's mustache is red).
But the male's familiarity with the suet feeder suggests they've been there more often than I realized, and I may have more opportunities.
One landed in my pines close enough for a shot, but I didn't have my camera, and typically they'll fly off before I can get a shot, so I didn't try to get it. Sure enough, it flew off shortly toward the back of the lot. But then, a couple of minutes later, it came back, seemingly harassed by a Blue Jay, which was following it. The Blue Jay flew off, and the Pileated then flew to the closest tree to me in the yard - offering the best picture yet of them, but no camera. :-(
Then a second one appeared farther back, and the first actually flew toward me, landed on the suet feeder, and commenced to munch! However, when I moved slightly, it flew.
I decided, "Enough of this!" and went to get my camera. And sure enough, the more distant one was still there, which allowed me to get this long-range shot. It's a female (black mustache, while the male's mustache is red).
But the male's familiarity with the suet feeder suggests they've been there more often than I realized, and I may have more opportunities.
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