How about THREE of them at once?
The Pileated Woodpecker is North America’s largest woodpecker and is known for its
cackling call, the large holes it drills into dead trees, and most of all, its prominent red
crest on both males and females. They prefer mature forests but have adapted to
suburban areas that have large trees.
Recently, on April 25, my daughter captured video of three pileated woodpeckers
cavorting on a large tree in her back yard in Allison Park. It’s hard to tell at this distance
and resolution whether they are males or females (the males have a red “moustache,”
whereas the females’ are black).
Aren’t they cool?
Mariann Davis