Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
 (L 16.5" WS 29" WT 10 oz)
Tree drumming can be very
loud...like a hammer.
Chris Parrish,
XC15180
Chris Parrish,
XC20809
Audobon Corkscrew
Swamp Sanctuary
Naples, FL - 8Jan07
Starved Rock St Park
Utica, IL
4Mar07
Male has
red stripe
Dressed for his coronation
in ebony cape,
ermine trim,
scarlet-crested crown.
But would royalty be caught
backing down a dead hickory?
   (by Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr.)