2022 Male Pileated Working on Nest Cavity
April 2022, this male Pileated Woodpecker has been hard at work constructing a nest cavity space for the nesting season. What a beautiful fella, this photo looked almost like a painting!
Male Pileated Woodpecker Working on Nest Cavity
This gorgeous fella has been working hard on this nest cavity over the past week or so, and we finally heard “tap tap tap” and caught him peeking out from the nest cavity while working hard on it. Enjoy a few clips we took of him peeking out, and also in another tree nearby.
Female pileated woodpecker working a hole!
Female pileated woodpecker working a hole!
Pileated Woodpecker at the Nest
Mid June, 2021 These chicks were about a week or so away from fledging. Both parents fed the chicks.
Male Pileated Woodpecker shakes the suet feeder!!!
I saw this crow-sized bird pecking at the suet cake in the feeder. There’s no mistaking the Pileated Woodpecker!
Male Pileated Woodpecker in the Fall Trees
After months of trying to take photographs of the Pileated Woodpeckers that frequent the woods, I was finally able to do better than that and catch one on video. A male Pileated was clinging to the side of a tree, curiously examining his surroundings before flying off to search for a meal.
Female Pileated Woodpecker
Female Pileated Woodpecker, taken through a spotting scope
Unique sighting for me
Pileated Woodpecker – Nesting 2016
Adult Pileated Woodpecker, nesting in a live sycamore tree at Hollis Renewal Center (KS) – audible nestlings/fledglings heard a few days later. This nesting pair has been at Hollis, year-round, for 3 years.
Pileated Woodpecker young
This nest became fairly well known as it was in a popular conservation area. I limited myself to short visits, and was fortunate enough to get one clear shot of the young.
Pileated Woodpecker on the Nest
Pileated Woodpecker sitting on its nest.