Beautiful rare Pileated Woodpecker at a feeder
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The pileated woodpecker is a big, dashing bird with a flaming crest, the largest woodpecker in North America (except the Ivory-bill, which is almost certainly extinct). Excavating deep into rotten wood to get at the nests of carpenter ants, the Pileated leaves characteristic rectangular holes in dead trees. This species became rare in eastern North America with clearing of forests in centuries past, but has gradually increased in numbers again since about the beginning of the 20th century. Where unmolested, it even lives in parks and woodlots around the edges of large cities.
This beauty showed up at a bird feeder in Wisconsin.
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WildCreatures
3 years ago $168.86 earnedGigantic woodpecker captured by camera mounted by bird feeder
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WildCreatures
1 year ago $3.76 earnedPrehistoric-looking woodpecker is a magnificent backyard sight
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TJ's Critter Cam
1 month agoPileated Woodpecker
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KristysWorld
2 years ago $4.81 earnedGigantic woodpecker gets his share at backyard bird feeder
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WildCreatures
3 years ago $1.11 earnedGigantic woodpecker devours suet cake at backyard feeder
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WildCreatures
3 years ago $15.73 earnedNew birdfeeder attracts three woodpecker species within minutes
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WildCreatures
1 year ago $17.04 earnedGigantic Woodpecker Flies In For Smooth Landing At The Feeder
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sharkbyte99
8 years agoPileated Woodpecker at winter feeder. Majestic and beautiful.
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SvetlanaAna
2 years agoPileated Woodpecker feeds in Florida Wetlands
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WildCreatures
3 years ago $1.04 earnedSmall woodpecker clears runway for gigantic incoming woodpecker
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