Pileated woodpecker female feeding her young: Here are a few shots of a female pileated woodpecker feeding her young that I took last summer. Pileated woodpeckers do not feed their...

Mr. B Loc: eastern Connecticut

Here are a few shots of a female pileated woodpecker feeding her young that I took last summer. Pileated woodpeckers do not feed their young whole prey. Instead they partially digest the grubs and insects (primarily ants) that they eat and regurgitated the food for the chicks. It's a rather violent and messy affair. Enjoy!

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Bill Golden Loc: Briarcliff NY

Awesome. Great captures.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Excellent! We have lots of holes in our trees from those guys, but no little birds.

NormanTheGr8 Loc: Racine, Wisconsin

Outstanding!

jmw44 Loc: Princeton, NJ USA

Spectacular! Congratulations and thank you for sharing them.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

Fantastic, these guys are hard to find let alone capture a set like this.

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

Mr. B wrote:

Here are a few shots of a female pileated woodpecker feeding her young that I took last summer. Pileated woodpeckers do not feed their young whole prey. Instead they partially digest the grubs and insects (primarily ants) that they eat and regurgitated the food for the chicks. It's a rather violent and messy affair. Enjoy!

Absolutely splendid series!!!

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

Love these birds...wonderful captures.

paul34 Loc: Davidson County, North Carolina

This is a great capture. I love the detail.

Keldon Loc: Yukon, B.C.

Absolutely wonderful captures. You were very fortunate to find the nest.
I've yet to locate a nest of these guys although we have plenty of them around.

Just Trying To Focus Loc: Jackson County, Michigan

Mr. B wrote:

Here are a few shots of a female pileated woodpecker feeding her young that I took last summer. Pileated woodpeckers do not feed their young whole prey. Instead they partially digest the grubs and insects (primarily ants) that they eat and regurgitated the food for the chicks. It's a rather violent and messy affair. Enjoy!

Great photos and a rare opportunity!!! I must say, those babies have faces only a mother could love!

Sandy

Mr. B Loc: eastern Connecticut

Bill Golden wrote:

Awesome. Great captures.

Thanks Bill.

Mr. B Loc: eastern Connecticut

jerryc41 wrote:

Excellent! We have lots of holes in our trees from those guys, but no little birds.

Thank you Jerry.

Mr. B Loc: eastern Connecticut

NormanTheGr8 wrote:

Outstanding!

Thank you Norman.

Mr. B Loc: eastern Connecticut

jmw44 wrote:

Spectacular! Congratulations and thank you for sharing them.

You're welcome. And thanks for the kind words jmw44.