Way of Life:Pileated Woodpecker

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At 16-19 inches high, the Pileated Woodpecker ( Dryocopus pileatus ) is the largest woodpecker found in North America, after the nearly extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker (which is similar in appearance). Its domain covers all of eastern U.S. and Canada and parts of the northwest.
It is a strikingly beautiful bird with black body and black and white stripes on its face and neck, yellow eyes, and a flaming-red crest and cap. One black stripe crosses its eyes like a bandit’s mask. The male has a bright red stripe called a mustache. Its underwings are white.The female lacks the red mustache, and the juvenile has a shorter crest and brown eyes.
With its long, sharp, chisel-like beak, the big woodpecker knocks large rectangular.. Read More

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