Pileated Woodpecker drumming (and calling)

A male Pileated Woodpecker drums thrice on a utility pole-and calls once-near the entrance to Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport, Maine, on the morning of 04 April 2014.

[@patdohrety2940]

The dislikes are from Linesmen electricians who fix the telephone poles

[@thedeadbaby]

naw. job security

[@soreddimblue2481]

Nah, they don’t bother me.

[@GreggEddwards]

they’re from ppl pissed @ some annoying fkn sound outside their place&having to wait till the very end to confirm

[@etps4444]

I remember lying in bed one night in Summer a few years ago, and I could hear the distant sound of a woodpecker drumming. Along with the cicada sounds, it made for ambience that was quite nice. :)

[@markr.1984]

Never heard a cicada call at night. They quit by well before sundown usually.

[@etps4444]

@@markr.1984 Interesting! They're still going at night a lot of the time where I live. They usually stop before midnight, but I've still heard them after dark before.

[@maskcollector6949]

@@markr.1984 They always played past then in the evenings in the Midwest where I live.

[@warshipsatin8764]

my favorite nighttime summer sounds are the whippoorwills and barred owls

[@stewartfullerton1965]

I hear this every morning on the way to work. Quite a lot of woodpeckers in my area.

[@CJW0056]

Female: "Not quite my tempo"

[@rosieasmrwhispererzephier7021]

I love Woodpeckers

[@maggiestalhut8476]

THAT'S the sound, outside Our window, EVERY MORNING. LOL

[@Rhodanide]

"Sir? *Sir* !" "That's not a tree..."

[@birdreport]

😆

[@d.dementedengineerc99isurf26]

"Well, it used ta could..."

[@ig3970]

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[@ophirbactrius8285]

"They see me rollin'...They hatin'... patrolling they trying catch me drummin' dirty...Trying catch me drummin' dirty....Trying to catch me drummin' dirty.... Trying to catch me drummin' dirty....Trying to catch me drummin' dirty...."

[@viniciuspaiva3578]

It sounds just like Woody Woodpecker!

[@wildlifeclipsonline]

This is awesome video. I think it is great that you were able to record the woodpecker calling.

[@borissibor2638]

One of the most amazing birds in existence. Such a joy to watch them in their element doing what they do.

[@nickv4073]

Yup. Its a joy until they start drumming on your house at 6AM in the morning..

[@mturley8414]

they were endangered species when I was a boy but I see alot more of them now.. one of my favorite birds for sure. here in upstate NY THEY have made a great come back

[@whereswaldo5740]

I have one in my neighborhood presently.

[@d.dementedengineerc99isurf26]

Bluebirds and pileated came back to us!

[@harleymonteiro3072]

You sure you’re not thinking of the similar looking Ivory Billed Woodpecker? They’re now declared extinct, but I don’t remember Pileated ever being considered endangered, they just prefer more secluded habitats deeper in the woods

[@JD-zh1el]

I saw an ivory-billed woodpecker in my backyard a few days ago...huge bird, had to be around 2 feet or more in size. I wish I had my phone on me to record it. My backyard has some secluded woods that are not inhabited and are undisturbed. I also saw a pileated woodpecker just like the one in the video yesterday. I have a video of it. The pleated I saw was about 1 foot in size or a little more.

[@welshpete12]

I'm pretty sure that's high speed Morse he's sending !

[@slavicamihajlovic4653]

Одлична Телеграфска порука браво за сниматеља који је снимио Перу Детлића на радном месту❤❤❤❤😅😅😅

[@daddio7249]

I'm in north Florida, I have one drumming in the woods behind my house right now. I looked up a video to see what bird was doing it. I had stereo, one inside and one outside, exact same tone.

[@birdreport]

Ha, that’s great. Thank you for letting me know.

[@mikeleahy573]

Excellent video. Drumming and calling are territorial/mating behaviors, usually in the spring. They often drum on metal chimney caps because the babes think that's hott.

[@OfficialSwampRose]

Beautiful video, thank you for sharing

[@fredyrodriguez8881]

Oh hey it’s Woody

[@JayDS509]

Nature rules! Beautiful bird...

[@gwenzangari6575]

I have a woodpecker that likes to visit my aluminum gutters LOL

[@chcamerica22]

I have a pair nesting somewhere nearby my home in Central Maine. Male during the day, female early morn. Hear them, see them often this year, they've taken to the tree outside my window. What a treat to see these beautiful birds in the wild, close up.

[@abbielyons8237]

I live in Indiana there’s one around my house right outside my bedroom window I hear it. And have only seen it once it’s such a pretty bird

[@someguyfrommaine]

Same here 👍🏻

[@ghostmofo5829]

Male Pileated Woodpecker. Has the red on his cheek. The female will have black.

[@wavyant1504]

so they are not digging hole all the time? calling for a mate?? we thought they were making hole for nesting...awesome!

[@birdreport]

Yes-drumming is another form of communication. Woodpeckers will find a particularly resonant dead tree (or, in this case, a utility pole) and drum to claim a territory advertise for a mate. Individual species have distinctive drumming styles, too-e.g., a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker keeps a sort of syncopated beat, whereas this guy’s “drum roll” gets faster and quieter as it tails off. (When they drill for food or excavate a nest hole, they just chip away at a tree more or less randomly, with no ancestral rhythm.)

[@wavyant1504]

this one has a red top and keeps chipping away, possibly to store food or a nest...cool! thanks!

[@jamesrobertson733]

The are making nests in real life 😮

[@jethrotull26]

You easily can say hat they invented the Morse Alphabet.

[@empressmacaron4737]

They are cool birds, but can be annoying at times. I remember waking up to some knocking sounds outside my window. 😂

[@lisadhall01]

Aww I think he's looking for friends but there aren't any around ):

[@quanita7116]

Beautiful creature!!

[@ramseysocialmedia4073]

💀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💀

[@marcchatow9516]

Here in Phoenix, AZ, we have a woodpecker that likes to "drill" the metal portion of our fireplace! Pretty much every morning..... I try to "shoo" it away with a towel.

[@TheAutisticCapricorn811]

Spot the Dog: What are you doing? Woodpecker: I'm making holes in this telephone pole to get food. (continues pecking)

[@shirleytwsw]

This particular species is what woody woodpecker was created from obviously he even drums after he does his wicked laugh

[@Ilcanaleacasaccio]

thanks Brian Wilson !!

[@Howlingburd19]

Pileated woodpeckers are so pretty, saw one today :)

[@Arleth7]

My favorite woodpecker, thanks for sharing.

[@silvialisterochoa2859]

❤❤❤😂

[@nizarbenmansour1301]

Hé is not stupid but hé tambourinage because it's his territoir

[@BanditGirl61]

heres my pilated woodpecker video from timmins ontario on my deck we have five acres @

[@allisonpayne2097]

Love it,I wake up to this beat every morning 😎

[@minicat3640]

Great footage :)

[@biophilist]

Wonderful video! Thanks for posting.

[@stepanmukha3850]

0:45

[@allanegleston4931]

saying , I'm too sexy for my shirt,

[@mickcarson8504]

Geez, is that all? ratatatata... And that's it?

[@mauriciolopez8870]

I think he is sending a telegraph 😂

[@justamuffhugger6733]

My cat killed one of these guys

[@dxmxo9427]

Heheheheh so cuuuuteeee, so smart too

[@snakeeyes9246]

just had 3 of them calling and flying in my backyard and the neighbor's yard. I think it was two males fighting for a female.

[@birdreport]

Had exactly the same experience yesterday here in Maine, which I interpreted the same way. (One of ’em was the same male in this video-it’d just been drumming on the same utility pole.)

[@snakeeyes9246]

Brian Willson cool. My encounter was in Connecticut, and I wish I had a better camera to record them.

[@Nicefoolkilla]

Where did 2014 go!?!

[@casualoddity5656]

0:08

[@alexroast]

Dinosaurs in the trees

[@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010]

Phone 📞 home.

[@tripleh4884]

I had to come hear to verify that a darned woodpecker is drumming on my chimney flu. Its been driving me crazy for months thinking my chimney flu is flapping in non existent winds. my chimney makes the exact same drumming sounds. This video saved me some money. I thought i was going to need repairs.

[@DarkNinja-24]

So many holes on this pole outside our house, probably from woodpeckers

[@avalanche9026]

That was beautiful. Nice clip. What a bird that’s a hard living

[@whophead6837]

The woodpecker knows his drumming will resonate loudly at that exact spot of the pole. Any lower and it will just sound like taps with no resonance.

[@dianecrumbley90]

Nice video! Thanks for sharing. I just posted a video of a pair of pileated woodpeckers. Please watch.

[@Its_WandaMaximoff]

cute noise😋

[@patriciaseville6497]

About 2 weeks ago before the cold stop I had one in our oak tree it was so beautiful in Florida I really love this group

[@teddytac253]

A little deeper and we'd have some fried chicken

[@cesarcaetano525]

🥰

[@citruz13]

this is personally my favorite video of youtube

[@barneymiller6204]

This is why we need to keep snags in the forest.

[@Audiohio]

It is actually beating on the steel angle iron, not the wood! I have a pole like that in my backyard with a similar steel bar. A red bellied woodpecker occasionally visits to do the same thing, for past several years. It's apparently a territorial announcement, maybe related to attracting a mate. Steel sounds better than wood I suppose.

[@birdreport]

Although I’ve heard woodpeckers drum on metal, too, if you look closely, you can see this one’s actually hammering just this side of the metal piece, on what’s apparently a very attractive-sounding bit of the pole itself. [I hiked this trail for many years, and over several of them, this individual used this same pole to declare his presence.] You’re right that its a territorial behavior-woodpeckers don’t have fancy songs like most other woodland species, so they resort to drumming. And each species’ drumming has a very distinctive pattern. (One of my favorites is the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker’s, which sounds kinda syncopated.)

[@381rajeev]

beautiful thank you ❤

[@mmaaiissee1]

He has pecked the whole day and can't see a dent on that tree.

[@mikebrown5648]

He's working on taking it down

[@travelwithcamera]

Dinosaur in the flesh

[@thomasharmon6444]

Hear that daily as far as the call

[@kellygervais3440]

Damn no one's home..

[@alicelovesu5925]

Nice shot!

[@ultracalicokittycat]

Excellent!!!

[@kaleoariola]

I miss these

[@TheHmurveit]

We had one doing that on our chimney siding and it sounded so loud… Eventually we had to scare it off by throwing ice at it

[@heidicrimmings9615]

Watching him drum makes my teeth hurt...and I don't have any...lol