Red Headed Woodpecker today.

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  1. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    Heres the red headed woodpecker today in Pennsylvania.

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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I do like to see woodpeckers coming to the garden to feed. They are such striking birds with their colourful plumage.
     
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    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    What an excellent shot!
     
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    What a handsome guy. I've never seen one in my yard. What have you put out for him, Bsew?
     



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    gfreiherr Young Pine

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    They are always such fun to watch.
     
  7. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Great shot Barb!
     
  8. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    Wow

    Thanks everyone.
    I made my own suet .
    Melted cow fat an added sunflower seeds.
    The woodpeckers dessert is sunflowers.

    I must correc myself .. It is a red bellied woodpecker. Some bird person corrected me.
    However I did see the red head (Which is completely red from the neck up) at the feeder an missed with the camera. Slick buggers they are.. mine are .

    LOL
    So I have 3 types of woodpeckers coming.
    Downey ...female
    Red bellied
    and
    Large , very large Red headed..
    Boy I am getting an education, on birds.

    I know notthing.

    b
     
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    I'm afraid to ask, as I have a very vivid imagination, but where do you get cow fat?
     
  10. Capt Kirk

    Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today!

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    When I used to make my own suet, I would take fat off of steaks, roasts etc. and heat it up in a pan. Then I would pour the fat into a mold and add the seed. Then into the freezer over night. But it got to bea hassle after a couple of years. I also used to make it from pork fat too. I have used the grease from hamburger and sausage but it dosn't seem to hold up as well.
     
  11. Bluewolf

    Bluewolf Seedling

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    don't feel bad "B" I call them "Redheads" too
    even tho I know better.(It just makes more sense!!!)

    I have a huge one that I call "BigRed" he is my spoiled boy I make sure there is always something out there for him year round He will sit atop the sheperds hook right outside my office window and "yell" at me if the feeders are empty

    I think there is a pic of him in my "Critter" gallery
    he has been around for the past 3 years

    I have several downy's and also saw a new "redhead" this year that "Bigred" wasn't very polite to

    We supposedly have "pileateds" around here..but I've never seen one

    Congrats on your new friend!!!

    Wolfie
     
  12. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    We get a cow butchered and they save the fat they cut off of the cow.. I pay to get it butchered.
    Cook it all down an add anything you like .

    Sunflower seed is the greatest for more large birds.

    We raise beef cattle.. No pigs..

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    Kildale Nature's Window

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    Nice to see that woody. We get the downy, flicker, pileated and once the hairy, I use chopped suet but it is costly now.
     
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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Barb you have a wood pecker I have never seen and he is a real beauty.Thanks for the photo.
     
  15. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    Glenda thanks.

    I have the wrong name .
    It is Red Bellied woodpecker. Notice the belly arean?

    THere is another one prettier I cannot seem to catch.
    Red headed is red from the neck up whole head.
    I have see it on the feeder, but missed it with the camera.

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  16. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Hiyah B--

    That was a very nice foto of that woodpecker.
    It is nice to see the exotic birds that visit you.
     

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