"CARPENTER BIRDS"

Pileated Woodpecker (7 Photos)

Woodpeckers are sometimes referred to as "carpenter" birds and that certainly can be descriptive of the Pileated Woodpecker. 

These photos were taken late April and I didn't spot them first, I heard them. It sounded like a pair of jackhammers in the woods. And to find one was amazing, to find a pair drilling away, extraordinary. Sometimes, I think it is advisory to wear a hard hat under trees where Pileateds are excavating.

Over the course of an hour or so, they flew from tree to tree and then from downed tree trunk to downed tree trunk, so busy in their pursuit of insects, they didn't much care about having their exploits recorded by photography. And no, I have not seen them since. Assume they have now found a great tree cavity somewhere to raise their new brood.

To view more photos, click on the link below:

https://www.inaturephoto.com/woodpecker-pileated_-_carpenter_birds

PHOTO #1 - "A PAIR OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS"

PHOTO #2 - "EXCAVATION OF THE LOWER LEVELS"

PHOTO #3 - "NO HARNESS OR SCAFFOLDING REQUIRED"

PHOTO #4 - "I KNOW IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE. I CAN HEAR IT!"

PHOTO #5 - "IS THIS A GOOD ENOUGH POSE?"

PHOTO #6 - "WATCH OUT FOR THOSE FLYING WOOD CHIPS"

PHOTO #7 -"TIME TO TACKLE THE TOP SIDE"