http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8520 Veronica Snyder Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:45:58 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=12410#comment-8520 Interesting! I’ve seen the horizonal rows of holes in trees in the woods nearby, but have never seen a yellow-bellied sapsucker in person. Our feeders are frequented by downy, hairy, and red-breasted woodpeckers, and I’ve seen flickers and pileated woodpeckers. My first sighting of a pileated was just this past summer, actually, when one decided that our yard and neighboring woods was a good place to frequent!

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8387 Beth Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:08:55 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=12410#comment-8387 I live in the Nashville, TN suburbs now and we always have one that winters with us. You can see the neat, equal-sized rows of holes on our Bradford Pear tree. I see it sometimes in our backyard too…

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8377 Bird Shopper Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:24:26 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=12410#comment-8377 Exciting! There is such a variety of suet feeders on the market, or you can make your own. Those woodpeckers sure are entertaining.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8369 Marjorie VanTassel Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:01:06 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=12410#comment-8369 Last winter we had one regularly on one of my maples. It looked so fluffed up at first we thought there were 2 (one on top of the other). I purchased a hard, wrought-iron type “leafy” feeder with spike for a large log-type suet cake and hung that on the front porch. My son and I had great times watching the YB Sapsucker.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8368 Kate St. John Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:34:25 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=12410#comment-8368 Kim’s photos are always excellent.
Dorothy and E2 are fine, just hanging out. Haven’t seen them today yet … but that doesn’t mean anything on a gray November day.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/11/30/the-bird-with-the-imaginary-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8367 CHW Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:02:53 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=12410#comment-8367 Today I noticed that Kim Steininger has some great pictures of the Pefa’s in NJ..actually nesting on a cliff. BTW how are Dorothy and E2?

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