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Bill M · 05-24-2023, 06:28 AM

If Woody Woodpecker represents any woodpecker, it would be this one IMO. I caught a male parent in a feeding session with an offspring yesterday morning out behind the shop. They have been hanging around for the past few days, four of them though I have only captured 3 at one time on a pole. I believe two siblings and the parents. Anyway, a few shots.

BlackHogDown · 05-24-2023, 06:29 AM

I need to learn my woodpeckers, evidently. Great shots.

Bill M · 05-24-2023, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackHogDown

I need to learn my woodpeckers, evidently. Great shots.

Thanks. Lots of different ones in Texas. This is the largest of them I believe.

RangerRick2012 · 05-24-2023, 06:56 AM

Great shots Bill. Thanks for sharing.

EarleyBird · 05-24-2023, 07:15 AM

These are great. We had one hanging around our back yard several years ago, and one showed up several months ago for only one morning.

Bill M · 05-24-2023, 07:30 AM

Thanks! I have seen them before but never had very good opportunities at them.

TKRanch · 05-24-2023, 05:20 PM

Man you really know how to get up on them! Well done as always!

BigRed323 · 05-24-2023, 05:21 PM

Great pictures!

Bill M · 05-25-2023, 04:18 AM

Thanks again, guys.

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Man you really know how to get up on them! Well done as always!

A little luck involved in this one. They flew from a tree on the neighbor's place to behind my shop. They landed in a tree just over the fence line back there. I used the shop to shield me but I was maybe 30' from them. The adult was on the opposite side of the limb as you can tell busy hammering for food to give the young one. I think the young one spotted me but they are more forgiving, especially at feeding time.

IowaHunter · 05-25-2023, 05:52 AM

In my 35 years of living in Texas I’ve only seen them twice. Nice photos Bill.

Goliad Blue · 05-31-2023, 02:09 PM

Awesome you caught one being fed. Great pictures.

Greenheadless · 05-31-2023, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill M

Thanks. Lots of different ones in Texas. This is the largest of them I believe.

And probably that noisiest

Saltyag15 · 05-31-2023, 02:53 PM

I'm not sure I've ever seen one before. Thanks for sharing! Great pics.

Kevin Smith · 05-31-2023, 02:56 PM

The pileated woodpeckers are all over NWA, they love the suet blocks. We quit putting them out because the birds are destructive.

Bill M · 06-01-2023, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by IowaHunter

In my 35 years of living in Texas I’ve only seen them twice. Nice photos Bill.

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Originally Posted by Goliad Blue

Awesome you caught one being fed. Great pictures.

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Originally Posted by Saltyag15

I'm not sure I've ever seen one before. Thanks for sharing! Great pics.

Thanks, guys. Glad you enjoyed them.

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Originally Posted by Greenheadless

And probably that noisiest

You ain't wrong. Their call is unmistakable.

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Originally Posted by Kevin Smith

The pileated woodpeckers are all over NWA, they love the suet blocks. We quit putting them out because the birds are destructive.

This one had chunks flying out of this live oak tree looking for food.

05-24-2023, 06:28 AM	#1
Bill M Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorado Co.	Pileated woodpeckers If Woody Woodpecker represents any woodpecker, it would be this one IMO. I caught a male parent in a feeding session with an offspring yesterday morning out behind the shop. They have been hanging around for the past few days, four of them though I have only captured 3 at one time on a pole. I believe two siblings and the parents. Anyway, a few shots.

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05-24-2023, 06:29 AM	#2
BlackHogDown Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: League City Hunt In: Duval County	I need to learn my woodpeckers, evidently. Great shots.

05-24-2023, 06:56 AM	#4
RangerRick2012 Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: The Woodlands, TX Hunt In: United States and its territories	Great shots Bill. Thanks for sharing.

05-24-2023, 07:15 AM	#5
EarleyBird Pope & Young Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Leon County Hunt In: Home	These are great. We had one hanging around our back yard several years ago, and one showed up several months ago for only one morning.

05-24-2023, 07:30 AM	#6
Bill M Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorado Co.	Thanks! I have seen them before but never had very good opportunities at them.

05-24-2023, 05:20 PM	#7
TKRanch Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Back in TEXAS!!! Sandia, TX	Man you really know how to get up on them! Well done as always!

05-24-2023, 05:21 PM	#8
BigRed323 Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Harlingen, TX Hunt In: Texas, Missouri	Great pictures!

05-25-2023, 05:52 AM	#10
IowaHunter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Harris County Hunt In: IA + MA	In my 35 years of living in Texas I’ve only seen them twice. Nice photos Bill.

05-31-2023, 02:09 PM	#11
Goliad Blue Nubbin' Buck Join Date: Apr 2021	Awesome you caught one being fed. Great pictures.

05-31-2023, 02:53 PM	#13
Saltyag15 Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Falls City Hunt In: Karnes, La Salle, and Sutton Counties	I'm not sure I've ever seen one before. Thanks for sharing! Great pics.

05-31-2023, 02:56 PM	#14
Kevin Smith Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Bella Vista Arkansas	The pileated woodpeckers are all over NWA, they love the suet blocks. We quit putting them out because the birds are destructive.