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  1. Pileated Woodpecker on New Year's Day

    Pileated Woodpecker on New Year's Day

    This large woodpecker swooped over my head while I was filling feeders in my back yard, landing in nearby trees long enough for me to get my camera and take a lot of shots. But the bird seemed a bit nervous about me getting close. I was lucky to get this shot!
    • MlynchKy
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    • dryocopus pileatus woodpecker
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  2. Pileated Woodpecker

    Pileated Woodpecker

    Marsh. Instead we opted for an early morning at a nearby metropark. As soon as we arrived, we were greeted by the loud drumming of this large North American woodpecker which we quickly found near the top of a dead snag. Although widespread, this area is marginally out of range and we were not...
    • jmorlan
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    • dryocopus pileatus ohio pileated woodpecker usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  3. Pileated Woodpecker

    Pileated Woodpecker

    I heard her hacking away at a tree again. I thought "I'll creep as close as possible to get a closer shot....OOPS! I've been spotted!"
    • wonderview
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    • dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker (f)
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  4. My favorite Woodie

    My favorite Woodie

    Male Pileated Woodpecker
    • KC Foggin
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    • dryocopus pileatus male pileated woodpecker myrtle beach sc
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  5. Looking like a keyboard

    Looking like a keyboard

    Male Pileated Woodpecker
    • KC Foggin
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    • dryocopus pileatus male pileated woodpecker myrtle beach sc usa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  6. Take off

    Take off

    Pileated Woodpeckers are mostly black with white stripes on the face and neck and a flaming-red crest. Males have a red stripe on the cheek. In flight, the bird reveals extensive white underwings and small white crescents on the upper side, at the bases of the primaries.
    • KC Foggin
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    • dryocopus pileatus flight male myrtle beach sc pileated woodpecker usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  7. You rang?

    You rang?

    Male Pileated Woodpecker
    • KC Foggin
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    • dryocopus pileatus male myrtle beach sc pileated woodpecker usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  8. JoeGBirder

    Pileated Woodpeckers - Age and Gender identification

    Pileated Woodpeckers, the largest woodpeckers (if the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is extinct, as it most likely is) are striking and unmistakable birds native to North America. There are a few details that help you figure out what the age or gender of the bird is. I will be using photos to help...
  9. Pileated Woodpeckers

    Pileated Woodpeckers

    Two Pileated Woodpeckers, both of which appear to be less mature than the ones I have been seeing! This is exciting for two reasons- there are more around my area than I thought, and I finally got a good photo of not just one, but two- A GOOD ONE.
    • JoeGBirder
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    • #dreamphoto #milestone dryocopus dryocopus pileatus pileatedwoodpecker woodpecker
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
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    AADSCN0650.jpg

    This young Pileated Woodpecker is giving its distinctive call in this photo. I believe it's just out of the nest, it seemed a sort of uncertain in its movements. It sounded a bit plaintive. It might be lonely for its parents or nest mates.
    • wonderview
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    • dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  11. This is why I don't mind...

    This is why I don't mind...

    ...keeping some dead branche around ;) Female Pileated Woodpecker
    • KC Foggin
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    • dryocopus pileatus female myrtle beach pileated woodpecker sc usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  12. JoeGBirder

    Describe your first time seeing a Pileated Woodpecker

    Not all of us have seen the massive Pileated Woodpecker before... but those of us who have were most likely shocked the first time we did! So, I'd like everyone to share your first encounter with one of these giants. I was nine years old, almost ten. I had just moved into... not the rich...
  13. Pileated Woodpecker, male.

    Pileated Woodpecker, male.

    This woodpecker was on the ground looking for food. Thanks for your kind words on my last picture. Have a great day
    • Deerbird
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    • dryocopus pileatus kentucky male pileated woodpecker
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  14. Pileated Woodpecker

    Pileated Woodpecker

    This species is a very rare visitor to Alameda County. This male has been seen off-and-on excavating a roosting hole along the Stream Trail in Redwood Park this week. Several of us waited about two hours this morning before the Pileated Woodpecker finally appeared around 11:40am.
    • jmorlan
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    • california dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker usa video
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
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    Pileated1April1small.jpg

    Pileated Woodpecker
    • sillyak
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    • alberta canada dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  16. Woodsman at work (SF)

    Woodsman at work (SF)

    Making quick work of this tree.
    • Ozprey1
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    • dryocopus pileatus mn pileated woodpecker princeton usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  17. Pileated woodpecker

    Pileated woodpecker

    Our largest woodpecker - impressively large bird and very striking in color. And loud in a few ways - one is the laughing cackle of a call, and the other is the hammering sound on various hardwoods and telephone poles that can be heard for hundreds of yards.
    • Zackiedawg
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    • dryocopus pileatus florida pileated woodpecker usa woodpecker
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  18. Pileated Woodpecker

    Pileated Woodpecker

    Pileated Woodpecker
    • Jefferson Shank
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    • dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker woodpecker
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  19. Male Pileated Woodpecker

    Male Pileated Woodpecker

    The largest Woodpecker in North America and, of course, one of my favorites
    • KC Foggin
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    • dryocopus pileatus male myrtle beach south carolina pileated woodpecker
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  20. Pileated Woodpecker (female)

    Pileated Woodpecker (female)

    Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus subsp. pileatus) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Roadside with tame pasture on both sides of road with remnant coastal woods ca. 1,000 m (3281 ft) away. She appeared to be trying to excavate a nest hole on the back side of the telephone pole. North...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chambers county double bayou dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker texas usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  21. Pileated Woodpecker (male)

    Pileated Woodpecker (male)

    Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus subsp. pileatus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. While visiting Buescher State Park in Bastrop County, near Smithville, Texas, USA this beauty flew straight towards my car about 3 m (10 ft) off the ground. He landed right behind me, I turned my car...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bastrop county buescher state park dryocopus pileatus pileated woodpecker smithville texas usa
    • Comments: 26
    • Category: North America
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