{"id":512,"date":"2025-01-05T13:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T18:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2025-01-05T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T18:47:56","slug":"a-pileated-woodpecker-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2025\/01\/05\/a-pileated-woodpecker-family\/","title":{"rendered":"A pileated woodpecker family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Given the dire state of the world, I thought to begin the New Year with something attractive: A photo sequence of a pileated woodpecker family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The photos include the pileated father and his three children (two girls and one boy). I expect the pileated mother was around, but I didn’t have the opportunity to photograph her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps I should have expected that children were about, because a male pileated woodpecker made frequent stops at my suet feeder throughout July. (The male is distinguished by the red mustache parallel with his bill; the female’s mustache is black.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first of the pileated children to appear was a boy (the juvenile’s crest is that much lighter than an adult’s crest).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Father and son unite bills and the kid is fed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pileated boy was always hungry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three children stayed as close as possible to dad (leftmost, girl; center, girl; rightmost, boy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the two pileated girls patiently waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other girl is also waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dad feeds a kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A hungry pileated woodpecker child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dad is on hand with a load of suet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feeding continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pileated dad flaps to the suet feeder while a child waits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pileated dad sharing the suet feeder with a blue jay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dad returns to feed one of his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anywhere on the tree was suitable for a feeding situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That all occurred back in July to August 2020. I expected the pileated family to return the following year, but whereas I have seen solitary pileated woodpeckers go to the suet feeder, there haven’t been any more family gatherings. Perhaps next year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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