Pileated Wood Peckers

[Shipper50]

I know the pic is not the clearest, but saw these through my back window this morning and had to shot them thru a window and screen. Not everyday one sees 2 of them this close and together.

I had a female turkey in my front yard, then a male turkey later in the same area earlier this past week.

Shipper

 

[quads]

Those big woodpeckers are so cool! We have a few of them here too.

 

[wood spliter]

Cool Woodpeckers. I've seen them Upstate but never together.

 

[billb3]

I've never seen a pair together, either (and I have a pine that has had a nest in it in the past right in the back yard, but not viewable from the house) .
They come to my suet feeder though and I've watched them stabbing away at a stump just outside the kitchen window.
They "announce" their intentions to approach the feeder like red wing black birds do. Weird.

 

[basswidow]

That is a cool picture. I never see them together either.

 

[PapaDave]

Cool Woodpeckers. I've seen them Upstate but never together.

Same here.
They can be heard everyday, slamming away at a tree or power pole. Unmistakable sound.

 

[begreen]

We have several hanging out here, though I haven't seen a pair together either. They love our big bird houses. Not for living in, but for sounding boards. The woodpecker family likes to drum on something loud to attract a mate. They also use our neighbor's woodstove cap for this. He says it drives them nuts at times.

 

[muncybob]

How long did it take them to finish splitting those rounds??

 

[Shipper50]

The one at the bottom was really going at it and had the bark off, but he gave up on getting it split open. :lol:

Shipper

 

[Shipper50]

The female turkey was back today and was looking around the ground near my bird feeder. I need to get a better zoom camera so my pics are closer.

Shipper

 

[stoveguy2esw]

we have a gang that wander through the pasture from time to time

 

['bert]

This one was not so bright! Noisy little guy though.

 

[gibson]

I know the pic is not the clearest, but saw these through my back window this morning and had to shot them thru a window and screen. Not everyday one sees 2 of them this close and together.

I had a female turkey in my front yard, then a male turkey later in the same area earlier this past week.

Shipper

Nice 'peckers! '