Friends-

A couple of days ago, as I was heading to my car, a pileated woodpecker flew over  
my head and landed on a sumac tree.  Not where I would expect one to land. It  
stayed there, motionless, for almost a minuted, and then inched its way upward  
to the old berries, and began pecking at them. I believe it was eating them. Do  
pileated woodpeckers eat fruits? If so, under what conditions would they choose  
to eat fruit?

Thanks,

Bob

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