Date: 7/3/26 9:38 pm From: Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Close-ups of Pileated Woodpecker juvenile getting fed
Lovely photos Charlotte!
We’ve had PIWO parents with juveniles in the past, but they had orange crests and were pretty much the same size as their parents. What a treat to see a younger, almost fledgling, bird with pink crest.
Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA
> On Jul 3, 2026, at 20:34, <byers345...> via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Hello Tweeters,
> Pileated Woodpeckers visit our feeders with some frequency. They are generally quite unconcerned about us staring at them from inside the house and even come in to feed when we are outside. Yesterday, Bill noticed a Pileated Woodpecker on our fence railing, then he saw that there were two birds. We were delighted to see that the second bird was a juvenile with a pink crest! We'd never seen one up close before. The youngster gradually made its way down below where the female was tanking up on suet. She then dropped down and fed her child (sorry for probably not using the correct technical terms). Bill and I both took pictures and I put some in a small album on Flickr, which you can see via the link below.
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> Pileated Woodpecker mother and juvenile, Edmonds, WA, 2 July 2026 | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720334535049> >
> I hope you enjoy them. Charlotte Byers, Edmonds, WA
