Pileated Woodpeecker sighting!

[dantesspirit]

Sat afternoon, hanging out on the trees just the other side of the fence.

This is only the 3rd time I've spotted this bird, let alone got clear enough photos to positively identify them, here at Five Oaks.

Next to the Red Headed Woodpecker and the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, these are the hardest Woodpeckers to get photos of here. I swear they know when you're trying to get a photo of them. Heh.

Comments

[meowmensteen]

So cool!!! I think You're right about them knowing when you're trying to take a picture of them. I can never get a good shot of them. Still, it's got to be a lucky day any day you even get to see one.

[dantesspirit]

Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers will announce themselves at the feeders, then, as soon as they know you're watching, leave.

[meowmensteen]

Teasers!

[dantesspirit]

That they are!

[dantesspirit]

I did manage to get a good shot of the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker once...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CY1p3Gqr-8K/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

And this Cooper's Hawk was a nice surprise-

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYxE2FIpGrw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[meowmensteen]

Those are some cool shots. I think I've only seen a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker once in my life.

I have some great shots of a Cooper's Hawk fighting a Northern Flicker back in 2018.
https://365project.org/stephomy/365/2018-10-19

At the time I thought it was a Sharp-Shinned Hawk, but now I'm pretty sure they don't get that big, and it was a Coopers.