This Pileated Woodpecker has been making daily visits to the backyard suet feeder, close enough to fill a 300mm lens and allow for a head & shoulder shot with minimal cropping.
Pileated Woodpecker Headshot
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Cool shot. Thanks for posting.
Jim
Jim
great shot.....nice to have something to smile about these days......
WakeHunter32
Eight Pointer
What feeder and suet cakes are you using? I had 3 in the back yard the other day on the same pine. Absolutely love seeing them and hearing them. They visit one of our feeders sometimes but looking at getting the “Birds Choice 2- Cake Pileated Suet Cake Feeder” so they have a better spot, I know they like resting and those feathers on something.
The feeder is home-made, a cedar log stuck in the ground with 1" holes drilled into it. The suet is also home-made; with the amount we feed, it's a lot cheaper than buying the pre-made blocks.
Homemade suet: (yellow cornmeal, white flour, lard & peanut butter). We melt the lard and peanut butter, mix the cornmeal and white flour in, pour it out into a 9 x 14 dish and let it set. Once its hardened, we cut it into pieces to whatever shape we want, and its soft enough to be able to push it into the holes and crevices on the cedar log we use as a feeder.
1 bag unsifted yellow corn meal
1/2 cup white flour
1 cup peanut butter
1 pound lard
This photo shows the log with the holes a little better.
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WakeHunter32
Eight Pointer
That’s awesome! Might have to give that a try given how much we go through as well.
agsnchunt
Old Mossy Horns
That is so cool. Last one I saw was in Umstead Park.
surveyor
Old Mossy Horns
You ever sit in a tree stand and have one show up above you, let out a bunch of that "Yik Yik Yik Yik Yik" then do the Browning Auto imitation?
Pretty neat depending on the condition of your shorts afterwards.
Pretty neat depending on the condition of your shorts afterwards.
Hoss
Eight Pointer
Great shot ! One of my favorite birds.