Pilelated wood pecker reference pictures

[larry A]

This guy is about 20 inches tall and lives in my back yard. He has attacked his own image in my windows at times. He might make a good confidence decoy. Ha, Ha
 Larry

[RickC]

Hmmm....sounds like a project. Maybe a Palm frond wood pecker

[larry A]

Ok, he is not a duck he is a woodpecker. Larry

[RickC]

For some reason it only came out "wood" , should have read palm frond woodpecker

[D. Fisher]

I always liked seeing them down in eastern OK when I lived there. Compared to the other 'peckers, they are giants.
Dan

[yellowdogdecoys / Heck Rice]

Carve One! there is a clbooty for woodpeckers at the Ward Chesapeake Challange show in Salisbury MD in Oct.

[Jode H.]

Pileated's are so cool, thanks for posting the pics, here's one I carved from Paulownia a couple months ago............hope you don't mind me sharing it.

[larry A]

Not at all Jode, These big guys are really something down here. We have a bunch them knocking on the trees and sometimes on the eves of the house. A neighbor has aluminum trim on his shed and for some reason they bang out a really loud racket on that.
What reason did you carve yours, an ornament? confidence bird? or are you hunting those critters. Just kidding Jode.
Larry

[tom modin]

they are a good call to us when the sun comes up to get a shock gobble out of  pressured birds.

[Jode H.]

I had made a red-headed woodpecker for my daughter awhile back, well, a fella saw that and asked if I would try my hand at a Pileated for his cabin. He just uses it for a conversation piece.

However in the old days ( think depression era) alot of the down Jersey and MD. guys carved woodpeckers and used them to shoot the real birds for the stew pot.

[killerv]

awesome, I actually cut one out a couple years ago, just never carved it, may have to know. I think mine is about 15in tall, too small?

[D. Fisher]

Nice lookin' bird Jode.
Dan

[RickC]

Dennis I did some checking im my wifes bird book and it says 16-19 inches, so its close enough I'd think if it wasn't going yo be entered maybe?

[larry A]

Carve One! there is a clbooty for woodpeckers at the Ward Chesapeake Challange show in Salisbury MD in Oct.

Heck I'm starting one right now, tell my what to do to enter. Larry

[yellowdogdecoys / Heck Rice]

Larry  Go to wardmuseum.org/  and click contact us and ask for details on Chesapeake Challange  and look under woodpecker division also request entry form