Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)


This woodpecker was spotted in the Washington Park Arboretum on the afternoon of May 30th in Seattle, Washington. This was my first time seeing one of these birds in the wild (they are not in Colorado). That being said, these woodpeckers are quite large, and the red coloration on this one's head was so brilliant that it would have been hard to miss it. Thank you to Collin Moore for being quick with his camera when we came across this one. You can read more about these woodpeckers here.

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