I don't know why it is, but I can't help myself. Maybe it was too many Saturdays with Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker (and Mel Blanc's voice) growing up. This cartoon character made his appearance in the late 1940's and continued on for over 20 years as a staple of Universal Picture's Saturday morning cartoon fests.
Woody is alleged to have been modeled after a Pileated Woodpecker, but I thought it was a Red Headed Woodpecker with a bad feather day. Regardless, whenever the real Woody (make that Pileated) Woodpeckers show up at my suet feeders, I can't help but not drop what I'm doing and watch them.
Being shy and reserved, they are not daily visitors, but will stay on the suet for an hour or more unless they are disturbed. If they haven't had their fill, they was wait until the coast is clear, then return to finish snacking on the suet and peanuts. It's either their cartoon past and the joyful remembrances of Saturday mornings or their striking size that makes it impossible not to observe them every chance available.
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