Added: Feb 11, 2010
From: bonsai9723
Duration: 2:48
WE ARE THE FORTUNATE HOSTS OF PILIATED WOODPECKERS LATELY. WE HAVE SSEN THEM ONLY ABOUT 10 TIMES IN THE LAST 14 YEARS. THEY ARE THE LARGEST (IF THE IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER, REDISCOVERED IN 2004 BUT AS YET UNCONFIRMED IS NOT COUNTED) WOODPECKER IN NORTH AMERICA. THEY PUNCH RECTANGULAR HOLES INTO TREES IN SEARCH OF ANTS FOR FOOD. THEIR DIGGINGS OFTEN PROVIDE HOMES FOR OTHER BIIRDS AND ANIMALS, SUCH AS WRENS. THEIR BRIGHT RED HEADS AND HANDSOME STREAKING MAKE THEM A PLEASURE TO WITNESS. THEY USUALLY TRAVEL IN PAIRS, AND WE HAD SEEN A PAIR RECENTLY (ONE OF A PAIR MADE A HOLE IN OUT LANAI SCREEN AND COULDN'T GET OUT, AS THE MATE WAS FRANTICALLY SCREECHING AS IT FLEW ABOVE THE SCENE. wHEN I GOT A BUTTERFLY NET AND TRIED TO SUBDUE IT, IT FLEW RIGHT OUT ANOTHER PANEL, MAKING A SECOND BIG RIP IN ANOTHER SCREEN TO BE REPLACED. WE REALLY ENJOY GETTING THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THEM, HERE IS WHAT WE SAW TODAY ON OUR BIG OLD SOUTHERN OAK.
Channel: Animals
Tags: piliated woodpecker ivory billed bonsao sountern oak woody
Rating: 3.2222223' max='5' min='1' numRaters='9' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 366 Comments: 7
paulyJW Says:
Feb 12, 2010 - omg do you know how to use a camera ????
jailbreaker12334332 Says:
Feb 12, 2010 - Very nice,we have these in northern ontario,they get to be a pest sometimes!
bonsai9723 Says:
Feb 13, 2010 - When you ar4e working at the greatest telephoto lense setiing, tghe motion in youtr hans id gereatly magified, leadinmg to a shakey picture. I din;t have a tripod at the time. I have been using both 8mm cameras an reflex canmeras since I was 8 years old in 1958. I have spliced and editied films, I have transferrefdfilms onto digital formats. I have made documentary films. I have approximately 299 plus films, the majority, shot myself on you tube, Yes I fell that I know how to use a cemera.
pyromaniac53 Says:
Mar 6, 2010 - lol its not a camera its a video recorder ... durf
pyromaniac53 Says:
Mar 13, 2010 - when is your next vid :)
CaddoMuzik Says:
Jul 1, 2010 - A pair of these were seen in May here in south east Texas. They did they're woodpecker thing in the pine trees for about a week (looking for bugs in the bark, I guess) then they moved on. Interesting looking birds aren't they? When I was growing up we called them "Indian woodpeckers" Don't know where that name came from. BTW I really like your bonsai videos. I think I'll try to do one. Best wishes.
darealdjnutz Says:
Feb 11, 2010 - My mom has three of them that visit her yard. She said they love berry suet. Beautiful birds.