I had a tree in my yard that wasn’t doing too well. Before I could have it cut down, a Pileated Woodpecker found it. Because they’re seldom seen in action, I left the tree up for a while … there were carpenter … of course! … ants in it and the bird was just having several anty meals. This went on for a few weeks. Should have paid more attention to the tree however! Heard a loud cracking sound and as the woodpecker took off, the tree came down! Neighbour got a lit of firewood though! Amazing what one beautiful and determined bird can accomplish! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
I have encountered these Pileated Woodpeckers while hunting in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I was sitting in a tent hunting, and one landed on a tree behind me and started pecking it. It sounded like a Machine Gun going off. The first time he did it, it scared the crap out of me because I didn't know he was there. I peeked out of the tent and couldn't believe how big that thing was!!! They are awesome birds!!
Wow same bird here in southern Florida. One of these almost always jumpscares me when I water my plants in the morning. You’d think by the 200th time my brain wouldn’t immediately think ww3 had just started.
@@Dominus_Umbrae you see, riverland managed to make comment without any content whatsoever. "they have mechanism" (you don't say...anyone who has body has mechanism), "that allows them to use their head and beak" (because head and beak should be for decorative purpose only) "without any problems" (because nature makes mechanisms just to create problems I guess). Which mechanism? Some general...something...? Then comes Dominus and gives the exact information, making picture perfectly clear, in just few words.
On my land, all the dead or dying trees get pecked like this by the Pileated woodpeckers. I've never seen them do this to healthy trees. Racoons will often make their homes in these trees once the woodpeckers are finished with them. I notice they often do this to the Elm trees which are under attack by the Emerald ash borers. I've seen them dig into one of my Elm trees that had been slowly dying for the past few years and when I checked the hole, I could still see larvae coming out of where the woodpecker had been hammering. The larvae had been eating the tree from the inside out..so it was sick for years before actually dying from the insects.
@@viruspter1dactl There's something you should know about birds, birds make a lot of sounds to attract mates. In the wood pecker's case they usually would be making a lot of noises by pecking something hard, like the bark of the tree, rocks, and Sometimes even the metal part of a window. Since he's digging out a large area in the soft wood of the tree he's looking for insects, if the hole was a lot smaller and deeper he would be making a home.
Plot twist: it’s red bull on humming bird but a woodpecker ate the red bull after it ate the hummingbird henceforth making the woodpecker 10,000x more effective in its one and only job
They are determined little buggers. I work in the woods a lot and have seen them seemingly going crazy flying from tree to tree looking for food. Not sure if they are using their beaks to sense if the tree sounds hollow or soft or what, but it would make a huge racket and fly to another tree and do the same thing. Maybe this one was tired of looking and decided it would just keep pecking. Lol
I think it’s eating bugs, because A) that tree looks infested B) woodpeckers peck away the wood to get at the bugs underneath the bark And C) it’s probably using the gravity to get the bugs down its gullet
We need a bigger home, the wife said... The living room is too small the wife said... The bedroom is too cramped the wife said... WELL LOOK AT US NOW SHARON!
Pigumon An apt comparison seeing as the bird’s revealed the sentiment to be completely hollow Only one of these creatures has a functioning brain after all.
@Scoobie I hope so. Maybe then peoples grandparents won't have to die at the hands of retards that think the vaccine is alien brainwash serum from beyond the flat earth wall :)
@@arylykos5148 doesn't matter if millions catch it... the DEATH RATE is more important, which is about 1% of infected & actually about a tenth of that is people who died strictly due to the virus, & THAT has slowed down significantly WITHOUT a vaccine. There is no need to take it, stop letting this fearmongering trick you into giving up the liberties of yourself & individualism.
Look up the skeleton of a woodpecker. Their tongue wraps around the skull like a shock absorber when its retracted in their mouth! 🌟 the more you know❤
Actually, you're closer to the truth. Male woodpeckers attract females by making a loud pecking noise. But because of all the noisy traffic, it isn't working. Humans. 🤦♂️
@@muktarukhaiyar6438 actually I'm racist to india, because lots a people in india alwasy comment in *all social media* to make his country looks like a no. 1 country in the world, and it's *very* annoying
