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lineated woodpecker in action..... (Original Post) Gato Moteado Jan 2024 OP
Wow! Terrific photos. marybourg Jan 2024 #1
thank you! Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #11
Great shots! Solly Mack Jan 2024 #2
thank you! Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #12
We have those here in Napa Nictuku Jan 2024 #3
i love acorn woodpeckers! Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #14
I love them too! CrispyQ Jan 2024 #29
Dear Gato! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2024 #4
thanks peg! Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #15
Terrific photos, but isn't it "Pileated?" Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #5
I wondered that as well RainCaster Jan 2024 #9
Thank you! Now I'm wondering exactly what I saw, but I can't exactly go back. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #10
Found the following information on Wikipedia - pazzyanne Jan 2024 #22
these are quite a bit smaller than pileated..... Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #16
The ones I have seen are bigger than a crow nt doc03 Jan 2024 #28
Since you've seen both... RainCaster Jan 2024 #32
Gorgeous photos Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #6
thank you. Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #17
tack tack tack tack tack. i still dont get how they dont get a headache. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #7
I recall reading, there is a part of their scull that is like a sponge. It absorbs the shock. 3Hotdogs Jan 2024 #20
thank you for your information. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #25
They have a super long tongue that retreats around their skull when hammering. CrispyQ Jan 2024 #30
Excellent captures! 2naSalit Jan 2024 #8
thank you. Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #18
Gorgeous photos. niyad Jan 2024 #13
thank you. Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #19
--- two O.S.H.A. violations. 3Hotdogs Jan 2024 #21
Woodpeckers are so interesting and fun to watch. Callalily Jan 2024 #23
i can't even begin to tell you about all the drama surrounding the nest they are making.... Gato Moteado Jan 2024 #24
Your own personal soap opera! I'm staying tuned for the next episode! -nt CrispyQ Jan 2024 #27
mine, and you cant have it. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #31
That's a lot of drama, but I'm sure interesting to watch. Callalily Jan 2024 #34
Quite the little woodworker! CrispyQ Jan 2024 #26
These shots are fantastic. Crisp, colorful, full of intensity and texture. MLAA Jan 2024 #33
Great close-ups! justaprogressive Jan 2024 #35

Nictuku

(3,871 posts)
3. We have those here in Napa
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 09:12 PM
Jan 2024

.... but there are only a few I have seen. Gorgeous birds.

I have more a problem with Acorn WoodPeckers, who are daily trying to put acorns into the walls of my house.

Grrrrr

CrispyQ

(38,335 posts)
29. I love them too!
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 09:31 AM
Jan 2024

We have Northern Flickers & some neighbors have metal chimneys & when a woodpecker gets going on those it sounds like a machine gun!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
4. Dear Gato!
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 09:18 PM
Jan 2024

Fantastic photos! I love the action in the second one.

Your images are so sharp and clear.

Can't wait to see them in person!

Rhiannon12866

(222,727 posts)
5. Terrific photos, but isn't it "Pileated?"
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 09:36 PM
Jan 2024

I've been fortunate to see two in my life, one that my grandmother called me to see when I was a little kid and a second one recently. Both were here in Northeastern New York.

RainCaster

(11,573 posts)
9. I wondered that as well
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 10:17 PM
Jan 2024

I have the Pileated all over my woods. They do look similar. But I found this:

An easier-to-see difference between the two species is the white bar above the Lineated's shoulder, which Pileateds don't have. When the Lineated is in museum-presentation position, the white face-streak continues down the neck, then zags back up over the wing forming a conspicuous white V across the black back.

Rhiannon12866

(222,727 posts)
10. Thank you! Now I'm wondering exactly what I saw, but I can't exactly go back.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 10:24 PM
Jan 2024

All I remember was that they both were the largest woodpeckers that I've ever seen and they're quite rare around here. Next time, if there ever is one, I'll have to look much closer.

pazzyanne

(6,606 posts)
22. Found the following information on Wikipedia -
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 11:45 PM
Jan 2024

The lineated woodpecker is related to the pileated woodpecker.

The lineated woodpecker's range is in Mexico and northern South America, and the pileated woodpecker is found in the United States and Canada.

Gato Moteado

(9,936 posts)
16. these are quite a bit smaller than pileated.....
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 11:29 PM
Jan 2024

....i used to see pileated in south FL and they were friggin' huge.

RainCaster

(11,573 posts)
32. Since you've seen both...
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 09:53 AM
Jan 2024

How do the voices compare?
All I've seen are the Pileated, and they have what I would call a very unique voice.

AllaN01Bear

(23,102 posts)
7. tack tack tack tack tack. i still dont get how they dont get a headache.
Sun Jan 21, 2024, 09:50 PM
Jan 2024

kadack akkk. adack akkk. i love their call.

CrispyQ

(38,335 posts)
30. They have a super long tongue that retreats around their skull when hammering.
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 09:35 AM
Jan 2024

It wraps around their brain. The image from this page floated around the FB bird groups a year or so ago.

https://abcbirds.org/blog21/woodpecker-tongues/

Callalily

(15,013 posts)
23. Woodpeckers are so interesting and fun to watch.
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 06:51 AM
Jan 2024

We have red-headed woodpeckers coming to our bird feeder and on rare occasions pileated woodpeckers.

Gato Moteado

(9,936 posts)
24. i can't even begin to tell you about all the drama surrounding the nest they are making....
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 09:15 AM
Jan 2024

so far yesterday a pair of parrots tried to steal the cavity nest....the pair of woodpeckers got defensive and one started beating its beak on the tree loudly and charging up the tree at the parrots....while the woodies had their hands full with the parrots, a pair of masked tityras moved in and tried to steal the nest. the parrots and tityras are back this morning and lurking.....the one woody is not leaving the hole unattended now.

justaprogressive

(2,469 posts)
35. Great close-ups!
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 09:08 AM
Jan 2024

Southern relation to the Pileated woodpecker...



One stopped by the river house, left before I could get a shot...

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