piliated woodpecker

It was making quite a ruckus and was at my neighbor's birdbath. We have bald eagles in the neighborhood so it was keeping a wary eye out, though could not understand why it was so noisy calling attention to itself.

This piliated woodpecker was "resting" way up a very tall tree in my front yard. It kept looking skyward. Not sure why. Maybe waiting for it's mate. There is also a pair of very noisy bald eagles nesting less than a block away in a neighbor's back yard. Maybe the woodpecker was...

On my way home from dock today, I heard a piliated woodpecker gently tapping, and spied it working this tree. Looks like it may be building a nest for spring. This is probably one of the two I spied in a different location earlier this morning.

usually you hear this bird before you ever see it. It softly tap tap taps on the tree trunk or limbs. It has a distinctive call too. Usually seen in pairs. Tough to capture because often well hidden and high up. Also extremely shy. Will fly away if they see you watching them.

This male piliated woodpecker shows up every so often in my back yard.

He keeps returning to my backyard. Madly removing bark and eating bugs. Taken from my window. Very shy bird

This is one of a pair that comes into my backyard to work over this pine tree snag. It systematically was peeling off the bark, then eating whatever buggies were under it.

This picture is not very good, my apologies, I was working quickly through the glass window of my kitchen door, right before supper. I noticed that there were the beginnings of several holes in the pine tree snag in our yard. To my surprise a pair of Piliated Woodpeckers were pecking away at...

A large beautifully marked woodpecker who is rather shy and skittish. This fellow was working the wood in my neighbor's yard.