Before I moved to Wisconsin, I would occasionally see a pileated fly by but never close enough to get a really good view so, most of my knowing what they looked like was from books.
I have been feeding birds in my yard for a few years and I now have a male pileated visiting my suet feeders 2 - 3 times a day. I was also lucky one day to see a female and two males all at one time. I think one of the males was their baby but, he wasn't that small so, it was just a guess.
Hope you enjoy my photo as much as I enjoy seeing these magnificent birds.
47greyfox
Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range
A beauty!! Thanks for sharing.
A beautiful shot of a beautiful bird. Well done!
Excellent detail on the bird and the background blur is very nice.
BooIsMyCat wrote:
Before I moved to Wisconsin, I would occasionally see a Pileated fly by but never close enough to get a really good view so, most of my knowing what they looked like was from books.
I have been feeding birds in my yard for a few years and I now have a male Pileated visiting my suet feeders 2 - 3 times a day. I was also lucky one day to see a female and two males all at one time. I think one of the males was their baby but, he wasn't that small so, it was just a guess.
Hope you enjoy my photo as much as I enjoy seeing these magnificent birds.
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Great Shot. Cool Woodpecker. As far as I know we don't have those woodpeckers in California. We have Acorn, Downey, Lewis', Northern Flicker, Hairy, and others. The only one with large amounts of bright red is the Red-breasted Sapsucker.
Superb!! I love them too!!
Mark
When Woody Woodpecker starts chewing on your house, trees, yard chairs etc he will still be pretty but less welcome. Every Spring a pair comes out of my woods to the house and they will eventually kill a maple tree. Oh I got some nice images and was excited. Now I wish they would stay in the deep woods.
WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
BooIsMyCat wrote:
Before I moved to Wisconsin, I would occasionally see a pileated fly by but never close enough to get a really good view so, most of my knowing what they looked like was from books.
I have been feeding birds in my yard for a few years and I now have a male pileated visiting my suet feeders 2 - 3 times a day. I was also lucky one day to see a female and two males all at one time. I think one of the males was their baby but, he wasn't that small so, it was just a guess.
Hope you enjoy my photo as much as I enjoy seeing these magnificent birds.
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Outstanding.
Enjoy that big woodpecker
Beauty.
We have one who attacks a dead tree behind the house regularly.. It sounds like someone firing a machine gun out there.
Excellent shot. Looks very determined.
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