I think we finally have a name!!
For our house/the cottage/property that is.
We keep seeing the gorgeous (and enormous) Pileated Woodpecker (16+ inches long) on our feeder and flying around the property making it's chattering, laughing sound. See right!
We also regularly see the cute little downy woodpecker (about 6 inches long with little white tufts just above the beak – see the size difference in these two photos!), the lovely Red-breasted Sapsucker – (see separate post) and the Northern Flicker – which is also quite common in urban areas.
So, we're going with Woodpecker something. Woodpecker Cottage & Retreat OR Woodpecker Ridge Farm (we have a cool, big ridge along the back of our property which you can walk along).
It's very exciting to finally (almost) have a name!! And we're probably going to have a nice vehicle gate made for the entrance to the property (now that we have deer-fencing we need a gate!) that we may put have a woodpecker designed into!
I'm beginning to feel like we really own this place and can't wait for spring to start some planting/landscaping!