Birds — Woodpeckers
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
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Large, black woodpecker with bold white strips that inhabits mature forests with dead trees.
Photographs · Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker pair making holes in a dead tree at Beachcrest, looking for carpenter ants. The female woodpecker is at the bottom.
Male Pileated Woodpecker in backyard apple tree in September 2025
Pileated Woodpecker male visiting apple trees for the third year, September 2026
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Beachcrest · South Puget Sound · Year round
Pileated Woodpecker pair making holes in a dead tree at Beachcrest, looking for carpenter ants. The female woodpecker is at the bottom.
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Beachcrest · South Puget Sound · Year round
Male Pileated Woodpecker in backyard apple tree in September 2025
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Beachcrest · South Puget Sound · Year round
Pileated Woodpecker male visiting apple trees for the third year, September 2026
Field notes featuring this bird
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26 September 2026
Pileated Woodpeckers and Other Apple Eaters
