Pileated Woodpecker

Description:

Spotted this large woodpecker high up in a tree at Werner-Boyce Salt Springs park in NPR. I wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't for its loud hollow knocking on a dead trunk.

Habitat:

Their breeding habitat is forested areas with large trees across Canada, the eastern United States and parts of the Pacific coast.

Notes:

The Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a very large North American woodpecker, almost crow-sized, inhabiting deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific coast. It is also the largest woodpecker in America.