yo know, after looking at both, these are not the much larger pileated woodpecker, but are the regular, more common red headed ones that obviously are fully adult. Grown, mature.
the other behavior that threw us off was their direct competition with the 2 common Robins that have set up shop for the past 10years+ in our back yard & the field beyond, always pulling out mammoth worms , and not stopping all day, where in the world do they store these worms?? I have seen them leave a few in our bird water bath, but its not yet been erected.
the woodpeckers are now gorging on worms as it seems their primary food sources in the trees are not out yet....
have you seen wp's eat worms like this?
and also chase the robins from their usual eating grounds to the opposite end of the field altogether. but the robins dont give in easy, they are tough too, and matured, fully grown oldies that sneak back to the specific 100 square feet of grass where it looks like the best worms and bugs are.
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