I just love these guys hanging around my australian pines. I just wish they didn't attack the gutters first thing in the morning! It's enough to wake the dead. (and makes my cat leap off the bed) Thanks for the pic. Hester

My husband and I got to see the greatest thing several years ago--I guess they were banding to go migrate, or something. We were blessed to see 12 of them, one right after another, flying past.We have several nesting pairs too, could have been parents and young.

i am fairly new to birdwatching, but found it goes hand in hand with my obsessive gardening. i have a couple of simple suet feeders attached to a small oak tree about fifteen feet from my patio window and to date, i have a downy woodpecker,a pair of northern flickers and a pair of pileated woodpeckers. there is a rotting telephone pole along the road directly in front of my patio which i can see perfectly from my chair with binoculars. i see them all on it at some point during any given day. i think the flickers are nesting in there. i was sitting out having my morning coffee a few weeks ago when this huge black bird came to my suet feeder. at first i thought it was a pesky crow,and i was about to chase it off, but then i saw the white and red head and sat back down. i couldn't believe it;(i nearly soiled myself lol) right in front of me! now i see them frequently- they love suet. you cannot miss them if you use your ears; they have the loudest cackle around.

Hah, thanks! Things are kind of slow on the feedercam right now. That's pretty typical for this time of year. Tons of activity while everyone is nesting in the spring, then once the chicks fledge, things quiet down in July and August. I haven't seen or heard any pileated woodpeckers for several weeks. It will pick up probably later next month, especially as we get closer to migration. -- Liz Bloomington, MN Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley