From Festus Mo., a town 30 minutes south of St.louis Mo. Spotting was in middle of May, 2017.
Looking out my bedroom I saw this " thing" that shocked shocked me eating from a rotted tree trunk Andi called my husband to look very quietly. He also was shocked and we decided to look it up, calling it a large woodpecker. In a few day the Mate came to same place to feed on carpenter ants she was not as big but very large. I haven't seen them again but my yard I full of these odd looking smaller, or regular size bird feeding at my bird feeder and them only. I had just put up my feeder.
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19-Apr-2017 19:44
Believe I have a pileated wood pecker in the woods in my back yard at first thought it was a hawk species be cause of its large win span snd sizr but because of the way it was pecking away at the tree trunk started looking at wood pecker amazing large bird gone now hope it comes back again . Amazed, corrine southern nh beaushouse4@comcast.net
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20-Oct-2012 01:25
I saw one of these woodpecker this year, in the town 30 miles east of Toomsoboro, Ga, The town is the home of Luaral & Hardie museum. It flew right in front of my work van and landed on a large pine tree. It was on a deserted back country road.
