I've witnessed them doing the same thing here. :-)
Janine PerlmanAlexander Mt., Saline Co.
On Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 09:34:29 AM CDT, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Allan-- Kim Smith and Cecilia Riley authored this wonderful piece on birds eating pokeweed berries in Arkansas. It's interesting that they did not mention Pileated Woodpecker as one of the visitors. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9581&context=wilson_bulletin The Birds of the World account on Pileated Woodpecker does not mention Pokeweed in its diet.Â
On Wednesday 6 August, 2025 at 12:34:35 am GMT-5, Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> wrote:
Just a few minutes ago had a male Pileated Woodpecker land in a Pokeweed bush about 5 feet from our widow. Ate his fill of pokeberries and moved on.
Very cool.
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Allan Mueller (It)
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