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Pileated Woodpecker feeding cavities

Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) are primarily insect eaters. Their favorite food is carpenter ants. They listen for ant activity in an old rotting tree and then pound away. Once through the wood, they use their long, barbed and very sticky tongu

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