woodpecker

Leaving a swamp, I spotted this one working a log on the ground and carefully stopped right beside it, having to sneak out of my van and around the front and back ends to capture some shots. He saw me and kept on working the log.

Pileated woodpecker chipping out a branch.

A very successful nest where the pole with their original nest had been replaced during off season and they busily rebuilt the following season and raised chicks in the same location. This was the 1st location I actually heard pileateds inside a pole drilling it out while they were out of sight.

Flickers are woodpeckers that use their long curved tongues to harvest their main food source of beetles and ants out of the ground. The eastern part of the US usually sees yellow-shafted flickers, the western part sees red-shafted. Males have black mustaches, females don't. Female in nest...

My second encounter with this species, first time in Oregon at Black Butte Ranch resort near Sisters in Central OR.