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Pileated woodpeckers eat mainly insects, especially carpenter ants and wood-boring beetle larvae. They also eat fruits, nuts, and many berries including the, Poison Ivy berries. Which is quite amazing.

These birds chip out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching out insects, especially ant colonies.

The North American Pileated Woodpecker. A native from the boreal forests of Canada.

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Another one has been found during our last hiking trail excursion.

Now everybody knows that Pileated woodpeckers chip out large and roughly holes in trees while searching out insects; especially carpenter ant colonies and wood-boring beetle larvae.

But they also eat fruits, nuts, and many berries including the famous, Poison Ivy berries. Which is quite amazing.

Female Pileated Woodpecker in our yard 03/10/2023 in Tenants Harbor/Martinsville!