Earlier this summer my wife and I were treated to the sight of these two young male pileated woodpeckers circling the base of a tree in our backyard. We watched for about 15 minutes as they circled back and forth with an occasional display of outstretched wings!  We’ve now seen the six species of woodpeckers in our part of the country: hairy, downy, red-belly, yellow-shafted flicker, yellow belly sapsucker, and these pileated youngsters.

Two Young Male Pileated Woodpeckers