Identification - This woodpecker is about the size of a crow. The breeding male is mainly black with a bright red cap, often seen in the shape of a crest, and red mustache. The face shows black and white stripes. In flight, note the big white patches on the undersurface of the wings.
Morsels - This is one bird that has been observed in the unusual behavior of carrying its eggs. When its nesting tree fell down, a female Pileated Woodpecker was observed removing the eggs from the old cavity and carrying them in her bill to a new cavity some distance away. She had transferred all three of her eggs within 20 minutes.
