First time I came across one I was working landscaping, whipper snipping at McDonald’s Gardens, downtown Ottawa and I had no idea woodpeckers grew this big. Long story short I worked around him and he never once budged just kept pecking.
This is the coolest bird I think I’ve ever seen in the wild. They are huge with a beautiful red head. I’ve seen the egrets, eagles and pelicans. But pileated woodpeckers are really such an impressive bird.
I’ve seen a starling and a woodpecker have a stand off UNTIL the woodpecker started flicking his tongue at the starling lol poor thing looked so baffled. I really looked like the woodpecker was blowing raspberries at the starling. Ah nature.
Wait, they have an anteater tongue!? Why did I never learn this in school!?
Yo what a freak
Lelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelele
I think we all need a little bit of that, am I right? [*bumps elbow at everybody*]
why they dont get concussion?
we have one that frequents our backyard feeders and they are SO much bigger than I realized
I live where they’re native, so for those not in North America, let me tell you.
They are beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. They’re loud, too, and most of them are pretty skittish, so it’s a rare sight unless you’re in the woods.
I’m going to study this bird’s technique. Could be useful information… For uh… stuff.
We’ve seen these guys in our backyard. It’s like watching a living dinosaur move around. So cool
I should call her
My second favorite bird!
Literal dinosaur 🦖
First time I came across one I was working landscaping, whipper snipping at McDonald’s Gardens, downtown Ottawa and I had no idea woodpeckers grew this big. Long story short I worked around him and he never once budged just kept pecking.
I bet he’s a hit with the ladies!
Thanks for sharing. I’ve never known about that long time. Pretty cool.
This is the coolest bird I think I’ve ever seen in the wild. They are huge with a beautiful red head. I’ve seen the egrets, eagles and pelicans. But pileated woodpeckers are really such an impressive bird.
Other woodpeckers go rata-tat-tat-tat like a little jack-hammer. Pileated woodpeckers stop and examine the target before each strike, like sculptors.
I miss seeing them around my previous house. Now that I have moved on to the city, I don’t get to see them anymore. 😞
I should call her
Ha ha ha HA ha, ha ha ha Ha ha, heh heh heh heh heh
Cock-of-the-woods!
Fun fact, their tongues actually wrap all the way around the brain
It just forced its way into a hole and gave it tongue. Trees must feel violated by these monsters.
He licks almost as fast as my cat when I give her a splash of tune water.
They have a gel around their brain that acts like a helmet so they don’t damage their brain with the impacts!
I have one of these that lives in my wetlands. Never realized how big they are until I finally saw it.
They’re impressive birds, quite big. I have a few that hang around my bird feeders on a regular basis.
Ahh that little asshole waking me up at 5am headbanging on my cabin walls.
I bet his wife is a lucky lady 😜
Has Gene Simmons coloured his hair red or what? And what’s he doing with that tree?
These guys are awesome except when it’s 6am on a weekend and one of these dumbfucks mistakes your aluminum gutter for a piece of rotten wood.
This video doesn’t show how big these guys are. It’s like a chicken with a 3 inch chisel slamming into tree bark
⛏️⛏️👅👅👅👅👅👅👅
I’ve seen a starling and a woodpecker have a stand off UNTIL the woodpecker started flicking his tongue at the starling lol poor thing looked so baffled. I really looked like the woodpecker was blowing raspberries at the starling. Ah nature.
These are big birds, crow sized. And they can leave fist sized, rectangular holes in trees.
These things are loud
These things are shockingly large. They also make a call that sounds a bit like Woody Woodpecker.
Also very cool and pretty – we have a pair visit our yard frequently.