I have 2 pair of red heads hanging around my feeders,plus several pileated and red bellieds.4-5 flying squirrels at night.The red heads are beautiful!I see them quite often, along with every other woodpecker variety, EXCEPT red headed woodpeckers. Not the common red-bellied woodpecker with a red head patch, but the red headed with a FULL red head. The only redheaded woodpecker I have seen in ten years was dead on the road.
We have always had Pileated Woodpeckers on our property but yesterday was a first. I saw three full grown adults in the same place at the same time.
I am not sure if this means they are increasing in number or what, but it is nice to see...
I would imagine that anything eating the EAB grubs and beetles would be doing well.
I see them quite often, along with every other woodpecker variety, EXCEPT red headed woodpeckers. Not the common red-bellied woodpecker with a red head patch, but the red headed with a FULL red head. The only redheaded woodpecker I have seen in ten years was dead on the road.
Might be the largest left. The Ivory Billed is classified as extinct, and the Emperor as Critically Endangered and likely extinct. Last confirmed records are from the 1950's.Have a pair of them that frequently visit out suet feeders. They do have a loud cackle.
Largest woodpecker in North America
Pileateds are carpenter ant specialists - the will excavate entire nests. Red -headeds tend to fly lower than other woodpeckers when moving between woodlots, and get hit by cars a lot. So much so that they tend to be rarer in more urban areas.
These were fascinated with a cedar fence post for some reason. We do have literally hundreds of dead ash for them.
I know what kind of firewood I will be burning this year, and the next, and the next...