one more pileated woodpecker from last winter

Thank you, Laura & PG. :)

Roseheather -- thank you so much for that info. Great website, and I LOVED the video! What a treat to see him up close doing his thing for 4 minutes!!! He didn't know he was on "candid camera"! :)

I did a search yesterday, after reading what Celeste wrote, and found a link to a video of a Pileated Woodpecker on the Cornell Lab site.

The Cornell site is: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/lifehistory

And the link they posted for the video is this (but they cautioned not to turn the sound up too loud): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_2VrLINP3Y

It shows the bird at a suet feeder and the length is over 4 minutes. Delightful.

Very cool picture Patti.

I have always wanted to see one of these woodpeckers in person, but alas, they are not around...where I live, anyway.

Thank you, Celeste. I don't know what their dispositions are like. I hope they aren't mean!

Thank you, Colin. So cool that you have them! Suet, huh? I may have to try that some day.

Beautiful Patti, good choice for your Christmas Cards, he has his Christmas Cap on. Thanks Patti.

Awesome set, Patti! Our PWs are back - a male and a female - showed up as soon as we put the suet out! Strikingly pretty birds.

He looks mean :) but a great shot

Thank you, Pat. :)

Awesome picture thanks Patti

Aww, thank you, Jacques!

Oh, thank you so much, Suzy!

Robryan -- thank you for coming by. So glad you liked these. :)

Aww, thank you, TS. I'll be right over. :)

Oh, thank you, Roseheather. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

Oh, my what a wonderful photo of this woodpecker! Thank you for sharing it.

For you, my dear:

http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=40SUXKKU

Loved all the pics - thanks PLG.

Just an amazing, truly amazing set, patti. Thank you so very much for the visit with Mr. Pileated!

oh dear, no words for this beautiful bird!

Thank you, Gladstone, Snooker, TS, CM, and Goingsilver, for all your nice comments!

(Snooker and Goingsilver, so glad to know this is your favorite, because it's the one I used to make Christmas cards this year. Guess it was the right choice. :))

Brilliant photo! My favourite too, thanks.

Nice closeup PLG.

Lovely! Great shot, PLG!

Loved all 3 photos but this one with the snow is my favorite. Thank you.

Great to see. Thank you. I have seen only two in the wild in my lifetime.