Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

            As I strolled along the path in the Greig Rhododendron Garden in Stanley Park, the last thing I ever expected to see - in a rhododendron shrub, of all places, was this beautiful Pileated woodpecker!  They like to perch high up in the trees, not near the ground but he was checking out some tasty snack or maybe bugs. They're sometimes in the trees on the northern shore of Lost Lagoon - more often than not, you can hear them but not see them.

This woodpecker is native to North America. Roughly crow-sized, it normally inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific coast. It’s now the largest woodpecker in the United States - once upon a time it was second in size to the probably extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver / West End (show map)

Taken on: November 3, 2016

Tags:

Vancouver

“Stanley Park”

“Dryocopus pileatus”

woodpecker

avian

bird

“Western pileated woodpecker”

“D. p. picinus” « less

Sets appears in: • Lost Lagoon / Stanley Park Wildlife • Birds

Groups appears in: • Birds of Stanley Park's Lost Lagoon • Secret Life of Birds more » • Love the World of Nature ( Post-1, Award-2 ) • ***Naturally Wonderful***[100% NATURE]NO PEOPLE/BUILDINGS/BOATS « less

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