So glad the people left these stumps,
They’re like my dining room,
Without them I’d be in the dumps,
No food, just doom and gloom.
Pileated Woodpecker
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May 18, 2025 at 1:28 am
What great captures of this fabulous guy with his red head! And a very appropriate poem to go with them. 😊
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May 18, 2025 at 9:56 am
Thanks, Lynette. They are always a welcome sight in my yard.
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May 18, 2025 at 3:45 am
Thanks to a blogger from Calgary, I know this is a male that you’ve photographed. If you look at the collection of photos in this entry she posted, you can see the difference: the male’s red goes all the way to his bill, while the female’s red covers only a portion of her head. Your ‘boy’ is especially handsome!
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May 18, 2025 at 9:55 am
Thanks for this, Linda. I checked it out. Great post.
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May 18, 2025 at 7:00 am
Are there tiny critters in the stump? I suppose there would be, like under the bark of dead/fallen trees. What a great capture.
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May 18, 2025 at 9:52 am
Oh, for sure!! Especially if the stump is starting to rot. We don’t remove our rotting tree stumps (we have a few around the edges of the property) because they are the dinner table for the woodpeckers.
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May 18, 2025 at 7:18 am
A handsome woodpecker, ours have much smaller red hat.
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May 18, 2025 at 9:51 am
There are so many kinds of woodpeckers, but that makes me happy. I love to see them.
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May 18, 2025 at 7:59 am
Cute woodpecker and verse.
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May 18, 2025 at 9:57 am
Thanks, Brad. Have a great weekend.
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May 18, 2025 at 8:29 am
I love woodpeckers, they are so pretty and so is the little poem.
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May 18, 2025 at 9:50 am
I’m always happy when I see the pileated woodpecker visit our yard. He usually announces his visit with a loud call.
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May 18, 2025 at 4:23 pm
Cute poem and photos!
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May 18, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Thanks, Belinda.
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May 18, 2025 at 5:19 pm
Such a pretty bird. Love these guys in the wild. Happy Sunday Anneli. Allan
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May 18, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Yes, me too.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:55 pm
Love the caption in poetry Anneli. What a cutie! 🙂
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May 19, 2025 at 4:57 pm
Thanks, Debby. I love having these birds around. They’re very entertaining to watch. AND they get rid of ugly bugs.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:24 am
🙂
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May 20, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Handsome!
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May 20, 2025 at 8:53 pm
They’re kind of special around here. I love to see them visit.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:00 am
Who doesn’t like a woodpecker’s red head?
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May 21, 2025 at 8:39 am
Woody Woodpecker made this guy famous!
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May 21, 2025 at 3:25 pm
Yes, he did!
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