Pileated Woodpeckers Feeding on Deck

These Pileated Woodpeckers show up on my deck several times a day to eat suet. The young male pecks at the post while the dad gets some suet to share. A hummingbird shows up to check things out and then flys aways to his own feeding station.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Pileated
• Woodpecker
• Barnhartvale
• Kamloops
• Hummingbird

[alanheath]

I presume the word 'deck' is the American word for veranda.

[MicheleBee]

@alanheath in this case, the word 'deck' is Canadian for Veranda ;)

[MicheleBee]

The twigs are for the hummingbirds to perch on. If you watch closely, you can see a hummingbird around 1:05.

[kathey42]

this past month is the first time i ever saw one of these wood peckers!! he or she was out on my tree it took me and hour on the internet..to figure out what it was i hope to catch mine on video nice video of it!!

[MicheleBee]

Thanks for the comment,Kathy. If you liked this video, you'll love the one I have of the woodpecker destroying my flowers, it was pretty funny. Just search MicheleBee for my other videos.

[turtlem4ge]

@MicheleBee omg i just love these woodpeckers and i have only seen it in my yard once how do u attract them i love these birds the best pllllzzzzzzzzz reply thanks =D

[MicheleBee]

@turtlem4ge They come to our deck for the suet we put out, you can buy it at most places that sell bird seed:)

[natbelhome]

Terrific moment and terrrific footage.

[indyschmidt]

@alanheath Veranda, in America, is also a brand name for an engineered composite decking material.

[alanheath]

@MicheleBee I wrote that before noticing that you are Canadian!! Sorry!! Had I known, I would have been much more careful!!

[alanheath]

@Bk94541 They are cute and interesting but I don't think I would want them pecking and things and potentially destroying them in my back yard. However it is very interesting to see them in other people's gardens!

[Bk94541]

i would love woodpecker comes to my yard and make a house in my tree and grew his childrens..would love to watch & feed them ;P

they real cute & colorful

[millvalleyrn]

they have incredible tongues that retract OVER the skull bone ... amazing

[geoffmac12]

they are not eating your deck they are looking for insects. They want your deck to make a nest. unfortunatly they are wasteing time and energy so this should definatly not be happening shew them away next time.

[CainBitterman]

Pretty badass.

But isn't going to destroy your pillar eventually? They are capable of that.