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Re: Pileated



Here in Flat Rock, NC (Henderson) we regularly have Pileated Woodpeckers
feed on suet. We've had as many as five at one time-two adults and three
young. We use unaltered suet, the kidney fat from beef cattle. Apparently
we're lucky to have a source.
                                 Reece Mitchell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob G" <thrush@hotmail.com>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Pileated


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> Alex N. inquired....
> >I am curious; I have been a birder for most of my 51 years, and have
never
> >seen this great woodpecker eating suet. Plus, I am rather a duffer about
> >feeding them, so I don't always know what who eats. Anyone know of a good
> >suet that Pileateds might be interested in?
>
>   not sure which suet would most attractive them but an alternative
> technique might interest
> you as written about in Birdwatcher's Digest (Sept-Oct. 2002) by our own
> Pat Coin!! It basically involves spreading corn syrup or molasses on a
tree
> near
> your viewing window or a stump or branch brought into your yard (or
drilling
> holes in the
> wood and filling with the syrup) to attract woodpeckers, who come both for
> the 'sap' and for the
> insects it attracts. Either Pat or someone else once told me of attracting
a
> Pileated this way
> (....as I drooled). If you're out there Pat feel free to fill in any
details
> as I don't have your article in
> front of me.
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> **Rob Gluck............ Chapel Hill, NC............  thrush@hotmail.com
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