Red-Headed Woodpecker (Pileated Woodpecker)
Jun 10, 2022 17:49:45 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Jun 10, 2022 17:49:45 GMT
Female Pileated Woodpecker
Just to be clear, if a Kentuckian talks about a Red-Headed Woodpecker, he is meaning a Pileated Woodpecker.
Know how I know it is a female; look right HERE.
This may or may not be the same Woodpecker that momentarily landed on the gatepost within inches of my head on Saturday_21-May-2022.
For days, I have been hearing the deep, rapid, drumming way back in the woods.
This morning, this dude was loudly cackling like a hen in a foxes mouth; it kept this up the entire day.
The wife and I were in the driveway and I asked her what could be making such a horrible cackling noise and she said "Probably that Woodpecker that I see right through there."
Sure enough, it was frantically flying from tree to tree, staying in one small area around the treehouse and continuously cackling; obviously in extreme distress about something, although I know not what.
This thing is huge, as big as a decent-sized Rooster.
Here is what All About Birds, Audubon, e-Birds, ABC Birds, and Wikipedia have to say about them.
Tuesday_07-June-2022
Just to be clear, if a Kentuckian talks about a Red-Headed Woodpecker, he is meaning a Pileated Woodpecker.
Know how I know it is a female; look right HERE.
This may or may not be the same Woodpecker that momentarily landed on the gatepost within inches of my head on Saturday_21-May-2022.
For days, I have been hearing the deep, rapid, drumming way back in the woods.
This morning, this dude was loudly cackling like a hen in a foxes mouth; it kept this up the entire day.
The wife and I were in the driveway and I asked her what could be making such a horrible cackling noise and she said "Probably that Woodpecker that I see right through there."
Sure enough, it was frantically flying from tree to tree, staying in one small area around the treehouse and continuously cackling; obviously in extreme distress about something, although I know not what.
This thing is huge, as big as a decent-sized Rooster.
Here is what All About Birds, Audubon, e-Birds, ABC Birds, and Wikipedia have to say about them.
Tuesday_07-June-2022
