That thing is huge! I'm just amazed every time.
14 feb 21 da utente: davidsprincess
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Princess, this is the female, so of the three pileated woodpeckers that frequent my feeder, she is the smallest! The lads can be a foot and a half tall! Apparently they can have a wingspan of up to 30 inches. I haven't convinced them to let me take a measurement, but they are mighty big birds!
14 feb 21 da utente: melissatwa
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Happy Valentines Day Melissa 🌹 May the melting snows wash away the LBS you're working so hard to shed. 👍
14 feb 21 da utente: sk.17
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Wow it looks cold!🥶
Thanks for helping the outside birds that are surviving it. ❤️👍
14 feb 21 da utente: Shrewdness
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It's hilarious. It seems like a camera trick.
14 feb 21 da utente: davidsprincess
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Happy Valentine's Day Melissa. 💗 Second day our daughter tried to make it to the mailbox. 📬 Stay cozy.
14 feb 21 da utente: _bec_ca
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That's a beautiful wood-pecker. I remember I had a wood-pecker in AZ. He used to peck in the wee-hours of the morning and wake me up every Sunday just like clockwork. He never let me sleep in on Sundays....lol
14 feb 21 da utente: Slow Meta
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Happy Valentine’s Day Melissa! ❄️❣️
14 feb 21 da utente: GibJig
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What beautiful pictures! I can't get pictures of birds. I get woodpeckers just like the one in your picture.
14 feb 21 da utente: Fritzy 22
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melissa always enjoy your pics. is that a pileated? they're huge. I know you have larger woodpeckers but here those r the largest. always enjoy your flowers too. thanks for sharing. and a foot? geez. we get 6 inches at a time but monthly totals are high.
14 feb 21 da utente: HeBrewZ
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I love pileated woodpecker
14 feb 21 da utente: darciweigelt
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So cool. We had those when we lived in Oregon. You’re so lucky.
14 feb 21 da utente: Katsolo
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Hope you had a great time. I really like woodpeckers. Around here many people think they are too noisy. in Norway there is a fairy tale that says that a woman name Gertrude who wore a red head covering was so misery and refused to make enough lefse for her hungry guests that God punished her by making her into a bird that had to spend its whole life looking for food between the bark and wood.
14 feb 21 da utente: liv001
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Love the bright red on the woodpecker!!! Hope you had a great ❤ day with the fam!!!!
14 feb 21 da utente: bearnoggin
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That's a cool story Liv! I've never heard that and my FIL was full blooded Norwegian.
14 feb 21 da utente: bearnoggin
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You guys are so kind and supportive! How much it means to me to have this place and the friends who make it what it is. I want to thank you all individually. Sometimes I can. Sk, I am working at "melting" those rotten pounds. It will take time, but I am focused. :) I do feel so blessed to have these beautiful birds come to visit. When the first pileated started to come, I was so excited I could hardly believe it! They are not extremely common and are so special. When they fly they look like pterodactyl to me so I "named" the first Dino. Then his mate joined! Naturally, she needed to be Dina! Then another male, who seems to be a little younger, started to come, so he is Donny. :) Liv, that is a sorrowful story, but so interesting. I love these beautiful birds and feel privileged to make their lives a little bit easier. Even when they aren't visiting, I can often hear their calls or drilling in the huge trees nearby. They are one of the reasons I am now working at a wild bird store teaching others how to provide a little help to this beautiful part of nature. Now if I could just get paid to raise roses, my hobbies would both be helping to pay the bills! :)
15 feb 21 da utente: melissatwa
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I'm glad you are with your family and all is well that's a blessing and I'm glad your Valentine's day was good 😊
15 feb 21 da utente: jenny3781
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Love your beautiful pictures! They certainly brighten FS. Thank you for sharing!
15 feb 21 da utente: kattay
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Hi Melissatwa- beautiful photos! I have missed you; I have been trying to cut down my screen time, partly for my eyes and partly trying to apply time to other things. I hope you and your family had a great day together!
18 feb 21 da utente: TomLong
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Thank you so much Jenny and Kattay!!! You are always so kind! Tom, I'm very busy with two jobs and my family with a whole lot of stresses. I'm not doing so great on a few levels... Diet and exercise is still suffering. I'm trying yet not successful a good deal of the time. Hoping for some better days ahead! Spring is coming and so is my return to the gym! I am hoping for about two weeks from now. 😁
18 feb 21 da utente: melissatwa
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