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.

[darkcedars]

That's great!

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have seen pileated woodpeckers at Dad's place, which is right near a river with lots of trees. They need more and bigger trees.

Here we used to have redheaded woodpeckers but now it's downy woodpeckers and occasionally yellow-bellied woodpeckers. I had common flickers for some years but not recently.

[devon]

Congrats! Very nice! They're so BIG, but it's hard for me to get a sense of it from most pro photos, but your pic shows the size very well.

[pameladean]

Oh, good shot! I've learned to look my fill at a pileated woodpecker before even lifting the camera, because you're right, they know and their sole purpose is apparently to thwart one's attempts to photograph them.

P.

[mistressofmuses]

I very much hope to see a pileated woodpecker someday. (They don't come this far west.) Partner is from Maryland, so we've been out there a few times, but while he's seen them out there, we haven't caught any on our trips!