This woodpecker arrives each morning to survey the area and find something good to eat. I have been serving "bark butter" spread, which contains mealworms and other goodies that I spoon into a log feeder. Most all of the woodpeckers seem to enjoy it. When the Pilaeated woodpecker arrives, he announces his presence with a loud "hahahahaha!" and then swoops down from the big old oak tree and grabs onto the log feeder.
We now have at least two of these woodpeckers that frequent the feeder. Sometimes they chase each other in circles around the oak tree. I hope they are a pair, but it is difficult to identify a male from the female. From what I have read, "Pileated" refers to the bird's prominent red crest, from the Latin pileatus meaning "capped".
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