Monday, April 20, 2009

bird of the week... pileated woodpecker

The Pileated Woodpecker (this is the kind of woodpecker my blog woodpeckers are) is one of the biggest woodpeckers in the USA. The very endangered Ivory-Billed woodpecker is the only one bigger. When this woodpecker calls it sounds like it is laughing. You can hear them pecking a quarter of a mile away! here is some information about them. Here is a video and a photo of males.
here is a picture of some Pileated woodpeckers and here is a coloring page just like it.

-the birdman-

3 comments:

  1. We have woodpeckers around our home. We caught one the other day at our birdfeeder. That was a first for us! There seems to be a couple of trees in our backyard they really love. We hear them all the time!

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  2. Do you know what type of woodpeckers they are?

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  3. I liked the call. I also liked the
    video.

    Lincoln (8-year-old homeschooled boy)

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