I got home a little later than usual tonight and was rewarded with a pileated woodpecker sitting on my deck railing. The woodpecker was staring at my suet feeder. Gosh, those birds are huge. I knew they were big but until I saw him sitting there in the same spot where the chickadees, chipping sparrows and goldfinches sit, I really couldn't appreciate their actual size. This one was a male. His red crested started right down at the beak and he had a red mustache. I've always had a thing for mustaches. He was beautiful. After a few minutes, he tried to fly to the suet feeder which is suspended from a cable across the back yard. The cable dipped down with his weight and that must have frightened him off because he didn't stay to eat. What a nice treat to see such a large and odd yet beautiful bird so close.
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