Nest Building Pileated

[jtee]

Caught this Male Pileated making this years nest ,he has been carving on it for about 11 days now .

I also have a 2:38 video of him ...kinda cool although I am a photographer and not a videographer (if thats a word)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAvyb4s2LQ]YouTube - MVI_1729.MOV[/ame]

 

[icassell]

What a cool capture (both stills and video)! I love pileateds. I used to see them all the time when I lived in New England.

 

[m.stevenson]

wow.. so cool an amazing capture

 

[lvcrtrs]

What a treat to see this guy in action.

 

[PhotoXopher]

I had to laugh watching him pause and check things out before he went back in.