Peekaboo with a Pileated Woodpecker

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Peekaboo with a Pileated Woodpecker

March 24, 2019 by Mike Powell

When I accidentally flushed this enormous Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) last week at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, it flew to another tree and tried to hide from me.

Note to woodpecker—you need to find a much bigger tree if you want to avoid being seen.

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, spring, wildlife | Tagged Canon 50D, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, peekaboo, Pileated Woodpecker, Tamron 150-600mm, Woodbridge VA | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on March 24, 2019 at 6:46 pm | Reply Ms. Liz

Hahaha.. so funny LOL LOL 🙂 🙂
on March 24, 2019 at 8:33 pm | Reply joyroses13

Nothing escapes your eye! 🙂
- on March 25, 2019 at 6:39 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I have found that the more often I take photographs, the more I see what is going on around me. Some famous photograph (I can’t remember who off the top of my head) once noted that photography changes the way that you see, even when you don’t have a camera in your hand.
  - on March 25, 2019 at 5:13 pm joyroses13
    
    That makes sense!
on March 24, 2019 at 9:26 pm | Reply kenneturner

Woodpeckers always do that. As soon as you try photographing them, they move to the back side of the tree. Nice shot.
- on March 25, 2019 at 6:12 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  That is most often the case, kenne. I was thinking the woodpecker would poke is bill out on the other side of the tree, but it never did.
on March 25, 2019 at 3:21 am | Reply Misha Bagga

Wow.. Such a beautiful capture. Keep Glittering, from TGA by Misha 😊👍
- on March 25, 2019 at 6:37 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Misha.
on March 25, 2019 at 9:08 am | Reply Dan Antion

He’s a pretty big boy. Great shot, Mike.