Timelapse of a Pileated Woodpecker Creating a Cavity from snag Watch Video
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Description: In September, 2014 I walked by the dining room window and saw a Pileated Woodpecker in a dead snag, about 75’ from the house. The tree was diseased and in danger of hitting the house, so a couple of years earlier we’d had it topped, but left as much of the snag standing as we safely could – just for the woodpeckers. I cracked the window and slipped the scope with a camera attached out the window, and videoed him creating what first appeared to be a new cavity, but he ended up making just a