Woody Woodpecker - Pileated Woodpecker

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More Nature: http://www.TheNatureInUs.com The Pileated Woodpecker strikes the hard woody surface of a tree at up to 20 times a second and up to 12,000 times a day with staggering deceleration forces of as high as 1200 g with each impact. That's equivalent to striking a wall at 16 mph face first each time. Leaving dead trees (snags) in your yard is an important part of providing food and nesting habitat for woodpeckers. View Close-up of Pileated Woodpecker at Suet Feeder: http://www.theherbsplace.com/gallery/critters2006/IMG_5849

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Pets & Animals

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• woodpeckers
• pileated
• woodpecker
• nature
• birds
• dead
• trees
• backyard
• habitat

[TdotSoul]

I remember the first time I ever saw one of these for the first time 3 years ago... i'm 26. I was walking down a lonely forest trail and heard a light intermittent knocking, at first i ignored it, dismissing it as a downy but then i looked up, what i beheld was a big beautiful pileated woodpecker drilling a large square hole in a tree 15m away and 10m high in that tree!! I was breathless!

[mrbuffalobills]

My favorite bird, thanks for sharing!!

[woobiwoodpecker1]

HEY IT WOODY WOODPECKER

[sixstringsmark]

Nice-looking bird!  Thanks for posting...

[CJAproductionsINC]

Ha ha ha HA ha! Nice footage.

[varsityeagle89]

these guys are always pecking away on the side of my house..so Loud! lol

[CurlyHayami]

Ha ha ha HA ha!

[birdsguillaume]

cool

[rimind1]

great footage, this footage is gonna come in handy for me. cheers!

[Mrose13006]

love it. I captured a harried woodpecker on my site at mrose13006. I am going to try to get all the birds that come to our feeder.