Pileated

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Outside of the strong possibility that the Ivory Billed Woodpecker has been sighted, the Pileated Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in North America. Its loud calls and rectangular excavations in dead trees are evident throughout forests across the continent. In search of mostly carpenter ants it can excavate a smaller tree literally in half. It will also feed on berries, as service berry and poison ivy, as well as wild fruits and nuts.

With forest clearings in the east during the 18th and19th centuries their numbers declined and are gradually increasing to becoming common in some areas. With large trees present, it adapts well to 2nd growth forests and to the proximity to human populations.

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