Male Pileated Woodpecker

Airedale1 · 10-19-2012, 08:09 PM

The Pileated has always been my nemesis bird. You know the one bird that although they do live in your area, you can never seem to get a nice clean shot of one. For those of you who may not be familiar, the Pileated is a very large Woodpecker. This one was about 18" tall. This was in my own yard yesterday. I was raking leaves and I saw him fly high up into a maple tree and then he hopped over to an adjacent dead tree and started pecking away. The angle was steep and there were lots of branches and leaves obscuring a clean shot but I managed to get two decent ones. The Pileated is a very skittish bird and I was lucky to even get as close as I did. Anyways, below are two of the shots I managed.

10-19-2012, 08:09 PM	#1
Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	Male Pileated Woodpecker The Pileated has always been my nemesis bird. You know the one bird that although they do live in your area, you can never seem to get a nice clean shot of one. For those of you who may not be familiar, the Pileated is a very large Woodpecker. This one was about 18" tall. This was in my own yard yesterday. I was raking leaves and I saw him fly high up into a maple tree and then he hopped over to an adjacent dead tree and started pecking away. The angle was steep and there were lots of branches and leaves obscuring a clean shot but I managed to get two decent ones. The Pileated is a very skittish bird and I was lucky to even get as close as I did. Anyways, below are two of the shots I managed. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

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