Pileated Woodpecker

Saw a HUGE woodpecker around my place the past few weeks, been trying to catch a little footage of him ever since... It's called a "Pileated Woodpecker," and it's the largest species of woodpecker they make...

Here's a close-up still photo I captured, too:

http://twitpic.com/z0t7

For more info about the Pileated Woodpecker, visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_Woodpecker

Category:

Pets & Animals

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• pileated
• woodpecker
• slater
• slatersgarage
• bird
• watching
• maine
• cool
• footage
• wild
• animals
• northeast
• winter

[MuggleSam]

I've never seen a woodpecker. Very cool!

[slatersgarage]

Aw, that's right... Toronto just has Blue Jays.

[cooksterz]

He is huge! They do become pesty when they start going all at once!

[slatersgarage]

Luckily he's the only one, and he's not around that often.

[justinrussell]

They really are huge... and LOUD. There were one or two hanging around my parents' house in Hampden, and the pecking scared the dog half to death.

[slatersgarage]

My dog's just scared of the vacuum cleaner.

[TebooTedMarshall]

I was outback at my Grandfathers yard last year, I heard the loud pecking sound, looked up the the trees and saw THE biggest pecker ever. It had to be atleast 3-4 feet long. his eye starred me down then I ran!

[culwin]

The blue jays try to bully all the other birds around, but they don't mess with the woodpeckers.

[cgrove1]

Yes! I saw one of those in my backyard in Norwood, Ma when I was 15 years old or so. It was HUGE!...but I was the only one who saw it, so no one believed me and we haven't seen another one since. Nice work.

[xjasongarciax]

Neato!

[slatersgarage]

heh heh... You said "wood." And "pecker."

[thenudo]

How much wood would a woodPECKER PECK if a woodPECKER could PECK wood? :D