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Pileated Woodpecker![]() (Note: If you are using Internet Explorer
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Description:The Pileated woodpecker is about the size of a crow.
They are mostly black with a red crest, white markings on their head and white linings on the under side of their wings. The picture above shows
a male. You can see how the red goes all the way to the base of the bill. On a female, the area between the eyes will be brownish-grey.
Diet:They eat large amounts of carpenter ants as well as other insects, seeds and fruit. You can attract a Pileated woodpecker to your bird feeders using suet bird food mixes.The picture above shows a young bird begging mom for more yummy suet. Sex Differences:Colors are similar between the male and the female. The male has a red crown and red forehead with red to the base of the bill. The female has a red crown, greyish-brown forehead and is black to the base of the bill.Nesting:These woodpeckers are cavity-nesters. The cavity is excavated in dead wood 15 to 70 feet high. The entrance hole will be about 3 1/2 inches with a cavity depth of 10 to 24 inches. Nest will contain 3 to 5 white eggs. The incubation period is 15 to 16 days.Range:![]() A Few Things You Probably Didn't Know:
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