It was amazing to see those big chips of wood break off. That beak is incredible

What excellent footage! One of my favorite birds!

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too! BB

Just beautiful...I keep waiting to get tired of watching them...but it doesn't happen...I love watching them!!

Thanks!

Beautiful video. Love the pileated. Great info too!

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! BB

Wow!! That grub!!! Amazing!!! The first pileated woodpecker I ever saw was in December 2016. I was in complete amazement.... they really are so beautiful and so big!! I don't see them often, but what a treat it is. Thank you for this great video!

Great footage! Thank you for filming and posting this!

Wow!

This video is gold. The anticipation is riveting!

Sometimes I can hear the woodpeckers, and occassionally get to see their silhouette, rarely more than that. What a nice close up you captured.

Wow! That was thrilling! Thank you so much!

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! BB

Lovely amazing bird thank you so much for sharing

Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment!! 🐦 🦃 🦉 🐥 🐔 🦅 I ❤️ nature

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! You can tell I get carried away when watching big woodpeckers. BB

wow very cool

Spectacular video! I had 2 stumps on my property like this and saw our neighborhood Pileated’s working on them, but never so close or seeing such success! Great planning to be in the right place at the right time. Thanks for sharing!

I'm like you! I really love my little feathered friends so it's hard to pick one as a favorite, but this guy would be on my short list. This bird was the inspiration for Woody Woodpecker by Walt Lantz, they disrupted a vacation he and his wife were on. 😄👍

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are so charismatic they get your attention. I always thought it odd that the Ivory Bills which are essentially the same went extinct because they couldn't adapt outside of certain southern swamp forests, but these guys are so adaptable. BB

@garywebb8086

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyBackyardBirding I thought they found one of those in Arkansas a few years back? 🤔

@adognamedboo9474

2 жыл бұрын

@@garywebb8086 I have heard the same. There is a KZread channel dedicated to finding the locations, sorry I don't recall the name.

I love how they FLING big chips of wood away with such abandon.

You have an awesome camera and you take awesome videos! Can't tell you how much I enjoy them! Thank you again😃

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! BB

I sure do appreciate your videos of the Pileated woodpecker! Such a treat for me how beautiful and large they are! He was really enjoying the grubs. I’m captivated

Does the woodpecker have a sense for where the grubs are in the stump or does it just peck and hope to come across them?

It looks like he keeps a good lookout taking those brief pauses to look up with his eyes pointed side ways

A very hardworking bird. And beauty. 😍

Great video❤

Nothing wrong with shooting through a window! (Five minutes ago, I was just filming my goldfinches as they took to their new feeder through a window.) I've seen pileated woodpeckers twice so far, and the last time a few weeks ago, I noticed what it sounds like when they peck at trees--a lot different than what I usually hear from the downy woodpeckers. I sure do like it when I see area managers leaving dead trees around. Good footage is when you can see their pupils, so bravo!

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah Pileated Woodpeckers sound like somebody taking a hatchet to a tree, and in my case they usually give a tropical monkey call or two right before they come in that tips me off! BB

@PartlySunny74

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyBackyardBirding I like it when they sort of cluck like chickens near or at our suet feeders or spiral up the trunk of trees.

Lovely amazing birds thank you so much for sharing

A joy to watch. Thank you. I'm writing a woodpecker song and this really helped. Love your commentary too. Very restful, respectful and full of quiet wonder.

@MyBackyardBirding

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! BB

That there’s a savage carpenter dinosaur. Awesome footage!

Amazing!! I just saw a pileated woodpecker a couple days ago in my backyard, what a treat!

A grub farm! Haha

Faves at my feeder include the female Cardinal (stunning and stealthy), the common Robin (the boss of the yard!) and male downy woodpeckers (very active). Bird nerd :)

Bad day to be a grub 🐛 🐦

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

They are like pure sirloin steak nuggets to the big woodies! BB

@PnwOnTour

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t know they hear them, I noticed some saw dust in the driveway so I have a busy one currently, we get the grey ones too with red features, got a pair of juvenile bald eagles 🦅 recently Wa state, deer are picking up now too.

Awesome capture. Great work.

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! BB

Right near the ground. Wow. Whenever I try to see them they are flying from tree to tree up high and they always land behind the tree! I am convinced they do this deliberately.

@PartlySunny74

2 жыл бұрын

They watch us humans in their territory and work around our routines. 😉

Fantastic video! They`re for sure my favourite North-American Woodpeckers. Great capture of his pecking out the big juicy grubs🤗🤗

@MyBackyardBirding

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! BB

Love birds 💜💯

Why did i just get extreme ASMR😂😂😂😅😮

Didn't even know woodpeckers come that big

Great channel....👍 Thank you for sharing

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome. BB

Those grubs must have been delicious!

They are huge! I wish I could see one in real life. Do they visit the Deep South during the year? What size is it compared to other common birds? Oh, I see the crow now. Pretty big bird!

There were 3 pairs of these in Brunet Island state park in Wisconsin when I camped there once..was not able to get near them tho but it was interesting watching them .

Awesome close-ups, unfortunately I just sat down for my workbreak and was chewing my muffin when the grub close-up appeared🤢

@MyBackyardBirding

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't sound good on a muffin, but Grubs are a delicacy snack food, especially when deep fried and seasoned :-) BB