Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/22/20 10:02 PM
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Getting there...I didnt have plans...just made them from 2 x8 cedar 2' long Thanks for the picture, I will build on tomorrow. Sorry I dont have plans! I made my own The wire is 1" x1/2" cage wire.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/22/20 11:00 PM
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Had one in the back yard...what a racket !
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/22/20 11:47 PM
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Backbreaker, just regular beef suet from the local butcher is what I use. They all love it. Just cut in chunks that fill a suet cage with a clip to hold it closed. I have two PW that enjoy mine for some years now. No matter where Ive lived, they will find new feeder stations. I love their rolling flight as they call with that "scared chook" sound Nice pic, Scott.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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They were common when I was a kid,they drilled big long holes in the giant white pines in the back yard.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 01:03 AM
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I easily go thru the 75-100 lbs of deer suet and scrap from our groups butchering each winter. The stuff is as valuable as the venison we get to me. I have a 4" by 4' tall heavy wire mesh tube feeder attached to the top of a post they love. My best is five PW's at one time. I really don't want one of them flying into a window anytime, lol.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 01:22 AM
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A study in Alberta tracked how many cavities that a newly mated pair made. In their new home range they needed 10 cavity structure and moved between them all the time. Popular trees were their main tree for nesting even though they had pines and jack pines of the 12-14 inch diameter to build in. There was a large increase in marten activity once these homes were made. They are cool birds....I guess.
Almost all the timbermen in TN. I knew hated the things. Got blamed for killing a lot of trees. They only come in when there is insect ie; carpenter ants colonies established and these trees are infected with a root rot disease for the ants to come in for the symbiotic fungus/ feeding channels they live in.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 02:00 AM
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Two summers ago, we had a pileated woodpecker start beating on a dead aspen tree. We figured if it ever fell, it might be close to nailing the cabin. Over that winter, the pileated was busy. Come spring, the top 20 ft were on the ground and now we don’t have to worry about the cabin being damaged.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 06:38 AM
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They are cool birds....I guess.
Almost all the timbermen in TN. I knew hated the things. Got blamed for killing a lot of trees. Curious to how they killed trees ? The reason they bore holes into a tree, is because the tree has a insect infestation, (ants, etc..) and the woodpeckers are simply trying to access the insects, who are most likely the ones killing the tree. More likely why timber men dislike them, is because woodpeckers create a defect in lumber called bird peck, which devalues the hardwood lumber, and veneer logs.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 08:55 AM
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They are cool birds....I guess.
Almost all the timbermen in TN. I knew hated the things. Got blamed for killing a lot of trees. Curious to how they killed trees ? The reason they bore holes into a tree, is because the tree has a insect infestation, (ants, etc..) and the woodpeckers are simply trying to access the insects, who are most likely the ones killing the tree. More likely why timber men dislike them, is because woodpeckers create a defect in lumber called bird peck, which devalues the hardwood lumber, and veneer logs. The pileateds in my woods make big sap wells. they killed a few beech trees. But I don't mind, I just cut them down and turn them into firewood.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 09:22 AM
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Gryhkl, When I took that picture on top ^^^ Is when I built my First Suet feeder Specifically for the Big Pileateds I looked around and could find smaller feeders with taild but nothing FSale as long as I wanted mine. Backbreaker...Beef lard suet I made back then...recipe called "no melt" but I add rasins , cherries other ingredients depending oon what I have available. Thanks Sharon...surely no picture like Jonathan took! Drakej. Do you feed just the raw deer fat?
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 09:36 AM
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Gryhkl, When I took that picture on top ^^^ Is when I built my First Suet feeder Specifically for the Big Pileateds I looked around and could find smaller feeders with taild but nothing FSale as long as I wanted mine. Backbreaker...Beef lard suet I made back then...recipe called "no melt" but I add rasins , cherries other ingredients depending oon what I have available. Thanks Sharon...surely no picture like Jonathan took! Drakej. Do you feed just the raw deer fat? Thanks 330. Pretty common here but never been able to get them to my feeder. Most woodpeckers there though.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 10:32 AM
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Funny, one just showed up at my feeder the same time I saw your post. Tried to get a picture but it flew off just as I was pulling the trigger. Maybe later. OK, Got him...blurry but it's what I am good at...blurry photos. I have watched them do major damage to my neighbor's cedar siding on their house and garage.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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01/23/20 11:11 AM
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I don't believe they do any damage to healthy trees. And they do help cavity nesting critters make good use of standing dead and dying trees. We have always had a few around my shack and the numbers seem to be up, probably because there is so much dead ash standing. You’re wrong, they do. I’ll post some pics of a pair making a large sap well in one of my beech trees. The tree died two years later. There are others too.
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Re: Pileated Woodpecker ...
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If you wonder if you have any Pileated Woodpeckers in your area, hang some suet and they will come. We also have a red-bellied woodpecker that's a daily customer too. We call him Homer.
About 2 months ago, we bought a half of beef. I told my wife to make sure she gets the suet. She forgot. I did have some suet and bloodshot parts from the deer I got this year. That's long gone. Now, I get to pay $2.49 per pound for suet.
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