Today’s bird

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Family: Woodpeckers

Pileated Woodpecker is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. They have also been known to eat poison oak seeds and manzanita fruit.

  2. They are also known to eat fruits, nuts, and berries, including those found on poison ivy.

  3. Other woodpeckers and smaller birds, such as wrens, may be attracted to pileated holes to feed on the insects found in them.

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