Rare Visitor!

Check out who has been getting some suet from my feeder lately. That's a female Pileated Woodpecker. Almost the largest North American Woodpecker. The only one that is larger is the Ivory Bill, which has only recently been discovered to NOT be extinct, although exactly at what level of endangered it is, I don't know. Besides, they are also down south in the swamps. Pileates are not endangered, but they are incredibly shy, and don't normally come to a feeder. She must be pretty hungry! I've seen her visiting, and finally today, because I had a full day to sit in front of the window and work on my homework, I saw her fly into the nearby tree. At this point I got set up near the window and waited. Eventually, she felt safe enough and flew down for a snack. I then caught her picture. Maybe not magazine quality, but good enough to prove her visit!