if it ain't one thing, it's another........

[Bassbob]

I feel the Pileated Woodpecker and Cedar Waxwing are the most beautifully striking flyers. And hummers, of course!

I’m a woodpecker fanatic. I particularly love the Pileated ( which look like psycho clown killers to me) but we have 6 or 7 different kinds that hit up our feeders. I would have loved to have seen an Ivory Billed Woodpecker but….

 

[Mr.W.]

I’m a woodpecker fanatic.

I'm with you. True story-many years past, I glimpsed, at considerable distance, a bird that made my heart skip beats. "Could it be? Could it possibly be?" I eased on and was able to positively identify. You know what it was; an uncommonly HUGE Pileated. Unforgettable! God's handiwork. . .

 

[Annihilator]

I’m a woodpecker fanatic. I particularly love the Pileated ( which look like psycho clown killers to me) but we have 6 or 7 different kinds that hit up our feeders. I would have loved to have seen an Ivory Billed Woodpecker but….

 

[KillerFord1977]

We have 2 Pileated at our hunting camp in NE Texas. Beautiful birds

 

[Bassbob]

If you scroll to the right on these two links there’s a few better pictures.

https://imgur.com/a/q1zEZYT

https://imgur.com/a/72UYtwU

 

[Bassbob]

I'm with you. True story-many years past, I glimpsed, at considerable distance, a bird that made my heart skip beats. "Could it be? Could it possibly be?" I eased on and was able to positively identify. You know what it was; an uncommonly HUGE Pileated. Unforgettable! God's handiwork. . .

There are reports ( unsubstantiated of course) of sightings of Ivory Billed Woodpeckers. Science supports the theory that man extincted them.

 

[Mr.W.]

Science supports the theory that man extincted them.

Hence my excitement! Oh well; we shall remain hopeful. . .

 

[Mr.W.]

Great photos, thanks.

 

[Jim Diamantoni]

If it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have any luck.
Hopefully you get your squirrel problem resolved.

 

[Bassbob]

Hence my excitement! Oh well; we shall remain hopeful. . .

Yes, I thought I would make a brief explanation for the great unwashed masses ( also known as cretins) here.