Pileated Woodpecker

I had a large pileated woodpecker hop around at the base of a tree about 20 yards from my patio while at home cooking some burgers. The call from one of these is incredible. It sounds exactly like the sound file on Wikipedia except its so much cooler in person. I managed to run inside, grab my camera and fire off a few shots before he flew off. I say he was close, but I still had to crop a lot so the quality isn't the best, but they're my best yet. Enjoy!

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Well done, maybe he will come back.

nice, they're hard to shoot - you did really good

Very nice hopefully he will stick around and you might get another crack at him

Very cool, yes you are right about the call of the Pileated.... its awesome,we had 4 of them around us one day drumming calling out short calls ,long calls, encounter calls , was unforgettable Hopefully you will get more looks at this great bird .

Great shot. I was on my way to drop my daughter to School when I saw one in a light post I wanted to pull over but we are running late.