The Pileated Woodpecker: A Trickster
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- This is the largest rarely seen woodpecker in North America. According to Native American legend this bird is considered a trickster, much like coyotes are among mammals. The drumming chants used in this video are a reflection of their behavior. Kachina figures are made by the Hopi and Navajo to act as a link between the supernatural and mortals. These spirits are then impersonated by men who dress up and use masks to perform ceremonial dances.
Here is an indigenous parable that illustrates the character of a trickster.
" A pileated woodpecker flies to a tree and pecks on it looking for food, and the worms come out. They ask what do you want. The woodpecker says -
I come to warn you of an impending flood and if you are in danger I will rescue you. The worms respond by thanking the woodpecker. The wood-pecker comes back days later, pecks on the tree, the worms come out and the woodpecker eats them. The moral of the story: don't believe everything you hear and don't always trust somebody you don't know.
I want to share with you how I made this video, perhaps you can learn something form it. The approach outlined here is basically the same in most of my projects but differs in details depending on the species involved and the habitat they live in.
First, I have to find the subject, that means a lot of searching, talking to people and getting permission to film, if it is on private land. Then I spend more time observing the behavior of the species, the path of the sun for best lighting, any human disturbances nearby and how I can best approach it with minimal interference. I spent 3 summer months observing and filming this woodpecker family at different times of day, weather and stages of their nesting cycle. That shaped the story later in post-production. I have no script before I shoot, as is normally the case, that doesn't work for unpredictable wildlife.
Each species poses different challenges in terms of how to get close and then obtain shots from various angles to illustrate their behavior. The type of habitat also determines much of the background (often referred to as B-roll).
In this case the cavity nest was 35 feet up a dead beech tree. In all I obtained some 400 clips (a strip of frames 5-10 seconds long). About 120 of them were considered unusable and deleted from the SD card. From the remainder I selected 170 clips for editing this video. For those interested I shoot in 4K at 60 frames and edit in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Editing allows for considerable creativity. It involves cutting clips to select specific frames, color correction, story telling, sound edits, graphics and more. In the future I hope to add voice-over to my videos instead of using text to provide the narrative. If you have any comments or questions please shoot me an email at geraldkrausse@gmail.com. Thank you.
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A few years ago I was able to watch a Pileated Woodpeck at " work " from inside my warm car. He didn't seem bothered one bit with my presence. I was able to spend hours there watching in winter in the ADK Mountains. A sight I'll never forget and am thankful for being able to witness !
your job is to sit in a car ?
I had the great fortune of watching a nest of Pileated woodpeckers on the bank of my favorite fishing spot. The nest had young in it. When a parent landed on the trunk, the young put up a fuss, each one wanting to be fed first. It sounded, to me, like someone opened the door to a saloon while a drunken argument was in full bloom. What a treat.
I am fortunate enough to have these birds in my front yard. My family and I live behind a creek in a simi-wooded area. This year I double-girted a Gum Tree and left it standing for the woodpeckers. I have seen them feeding on grubs in rotten tree stumps and also on Carolina Buckthorn Berries. One time I was riding in the country looking for a good place to deer hunt and noticed two Pileated Woodpeckers feeding on some Staghorn Sumac. On Christmas day I planted five of these pretty, native bushes on my property for the Peleated Woodpeckers (mainly), but also for other birds in mind. I truly enjoy listening to these birds while on the deck with a nice cup of hot coffee. Sometimes when my boy and I are out playing a game of basketball these birds will sing their songs, and I tell Isaac, "They are laughing at us about the misses we are making." lol Mr. Krausse, that was a great video you put together - A+.
I appreciate the effort it took to get this footage. I’ve found that they are not an easy subject to photograph. Very wary and alert.
So true!
When we spot one on our seut feeder, we freeze in place. If they pick up any movement through our window, they fly off immediately. My husband keeps his digital camera at the ready, and he has managed some wonderful shots, but you have to be quick and very, very quiet.
Great point ... somebody put a lot of time and effort into this high quality vignette
The photographer probably found the den tree and built a blind, no?
@@wagonwheel9426 Yes, which takes a lot of effort and patience.
Yes you are all right, it take time and persistence with any bird if you want to get close. Hope you read the description to get the essence of the story, many people don't bother. Thanks for stopping.
Beautiful video. Personally I wish there was no music - just the sound of the birds.
music sucks
I live next to a DNR wetland area (no hunting allowed), so I have a large variety of birds and other animals. Currently there are 3 nesting pairs of Pileated Woodpeckers in my area. Not to mention many other species of woodpeckers. Love this area.
Thanks for connecting. Where do you live. send me a note. geraldkrausse@gmail.com
I wish I knew how many were in our trees! I've seen & photographed a male & female...not sure i could ever tell for sure whether it was really 2 individual birds or 10! Same goes with the cardinals.
Wonderful for the wildlife. What State R U in ?
To die for you are so blessed !
Thats weird why are the put on extinction?
I know this is special because I very rarely purposely watch movies, shows, or videos more than once....I think this is my 3rd time now. And I'm hoping for a sequel. The flawless footage of the absolute cutest baby birds on earth just makes my heart so happy!♥️
They make the most wonderful racket in the neighborhood. I love knowing they’re around.
We hear them too. We see them about once ever couple weeks depending on the time of year. Watch out for your car mirrors though. They wrecked mine during their mating season.
Wait until the do it on your roof a 5:30am
@@relentlessmadman That wouldn't bother me.
I really appreciate the whole process, video, editing, using text, and the detailed description you wrote.
Thank you so much! 😁🕊️
I have never seen any pileated babies before. I can't get over them! Thank you for this program.
The pileated woodpecker, my favorite woodpecker. Love the Kachina doll, too. Reminds me of my time living in New Mexico for six years.
Several years ago I was lucky enough to get to see one hanging upside down from a bent-over poke salat bush eating the purple berries from it. The fact that the bird weighed more than the bush could support and remain upright didn't deter it at all. It just hung on, upside down and continued to feast.
Thanks for including the chickadees. My favorite bird.
I've only seen a couple pileated woodpeckers in my neighborhood in 30 years. Maybe my dying cottonwood will bring one around.
this is why i leave dead trees and branches around, it provides food and shelter for woodpeckers, and other birds. but i hear the pileated's all the time, sightings are rare, this is very well done.
Okay as long as the termites don’t get into your house.
@@randygreen007 true, i've tented my house twice in 20 years, it's quite normal where i live, we have subterranean termites, they do the most damage, gotta watch those buggers, it's a good idea to keep dead timber off the ground, and well away from the house. dead limbs in trees won't won't bother you, but once if falls you need to get rid of it.
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Thank you so much for posting this video. I miss feeding birds, but I miss feeding Pileated Woodpeckers the most. Many times I had both the parents & the kids at the feeders, but the kids didn’t know what to do. So, they would squawk to Mom & she'd feed them. One time 2 of them landed & perched on a tube feeder. They knew there was seed in there, but couldn’t figure out how to get it out! Right next to the tube was an open feeder & a suet feeder!! Such a delight to watch. They would tolerate me if was standing or sitting about 10' away.
These are special moments to enjoy, I know what you mean. Thank you.
This beautiful documentary has made my day... whenever I see a new life, I always think about the parents, the work, love and pain has gone into raising each one 👌👌♥️♥️
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It was my honor to see one of these in PA about 25 years ago. Some things you never forget 💕💕
When climbing at the Shawangunk ridge in NY state (better known as the “gunks”) I hear and see these guys quite often. They are unique, majestic and... huge.
Also see lots of downys and hairys, peregrine falcons, turkey and black vultures, turkeys, ravens, skinks, porcupines and of course, millipedes.
One of my favorite birds. I love their call. It reminds me of a jungle call. They love to live in a big timber area. They were fairly common around my house but most of the big trees are gone now due to development. I still see them near a forested area and enjoy seeing and hearing them. Thanks for posting the video.
I used to see these wonderful birds quite often, but thanks to lots of development in my area, they're almost never around.
One of my favorite birds. 🦅 We have a few around here. You can hear them screech - Loud & Clear!!
I have a pair that live across from my house in a swampy area.
Excellent filming. A pair of these woodpeckers, presumably a breeding pair, excavated a huge cavity in a white pine immediately behind my house on a warm February day a few years ago. They had second thoughts, and moved elsewhere.
This one of the best bird videos I have ever seen!
I saw a pair of those in SW Idaho only once in a place I frequented for 40 years. They were outside of their range according to everything I’ve ever read. So I count that as a real lucky thing for me because I always admired them in books I collect on birds.
What a blessed find-Thank You! Watching from Wyoming.🌹
Simply magical I used to have some pilated woodpeckers in VA and they’re enough to make me pull over on the side of the road which I will do every time these creatures are magnificent I weep and long for our extinct Ivory Billed woodpeckers from Louisiana- the largest in North America but vanished due to human greed :-(
My next door neighbor, Julia, God rest her, called them the "AFFILIATED WOODPECKER"!
Affiliated, amalgamated, associated, moustachioed: no matter what you call 'em, they still look and sound like Woody Woodpecker! Ha, ha, ha, HA, ha! 😉✌🏼
That is so cute!
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@@gus473 aka wood hen
A couple years ago I heard one of these for about two hours straight. I could tell he was moving closer toward my yard because the noise was getting louder. Guessing by how loud he was in my yard he must have been at least a quarter mile away when I first heard him. He found a couple dead and rotting trees in my yard that he must have found an all you can eat buffet because he stayed at those trees the rest of the day just tearing into them. He was huge. Like a terrier with wings. He was not afraid of me. I stood just 10 feet away taking pictures. I've seen him occasionally over the last three years. Such a fun bird to watch.
Great job. Whenever I see one of these pileated either flying or hammering away on a tree, I feel like it’s a good day. Brings back memories of my granddad telling me about seeing the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in the Deep South when he was a boy (1930s/1940s). Gee I wish God would bring them back from extinction. Perhaps there are a few pair of Ivory Billed in some dense Forrest here or they say perhaps in Cuba. Majestic amazing birds.
Thanks for your thoughts. I fully agree bringing back species is a long shot. What we need to do is stop extinction of those we still have. Think about the salt marsh sparrow.
Really excellent footage and very well done. I appreciate that you were able to catch their full season. Thanks for sharing.
Those woodpeckers are beautiful. The young ones grew so fast. Thank You for taking the time to film them.
Amazing footage. Thank you for sharing the precious images of these beautiful creatures.
I've been so lucky and grateful to witness a family being raised in Akwesasne Mohawk Nation. Nyaweh. Along with my son KASTAROKIO
I have a couple visiting my suet quite regularly. They are fantastic to watch, and so big!
A few years ago two pileated peckers went down the treeline behind my house. You could hear them long before you could see them. Tey were going from tree to tree, pecking and eating. When behind my house I could actually see the bits of wood flying from the one's beak. It was like a power tool; super impressive.
Beautiful footage. We had one visit our yard last year in upstate NY .I hope they return. They are a fascinating bird.
My grandson spotted a pileated woodpecker in our side yard today. He/she was working on a stump. We live in a rural area and are lucky to see and hear them. We watched this great video to learn more about them. Thank you.
They Are Very Large! The reason they are rarely seen is that they live in unpopulated areas, (believe me, there’s a lot more than most folks think.) The ones I have seen are as large, or larger than a crow. Spectacular in fight, they can be heard in multiple directions simultaneously hammering on the dead branches and trunks of trees in many areas. If you are in an area that has roads, even logging roads, you will find that they make use of such pathways, so if you hear them just hang around the side of the road, and you will eventually get to see them. The pairs tend to fly together in the early to mid morning. Cool vid! 👍👍
Good advise thank you. Gerry
What a beautiful video; visually and musically divine. I hear the pileated woodpeckers near me and catch a glimpse of them once in a while. It was so lovely the see how they raised their family. Thank you so very much for sharing your artful love of nature❣️
Thank you for the totem story for them!
And I love how big the babies mouths are!! 😄💕
Wonderful video, thank you for the great footage and interesting information!❤🐦😀
Thank you so much for this video. Just wonderful.
The babies look like little punks, I love it
😂 Now that you mention it! Haha!!
Wonderful to see this! We do have these come rhrough our property. They have such a distinct call.
When I was little and would hear that wild cackling call off in the woods, I used to think it was a wild chicken or something out there somewhere.
Yes--the northern flicker sounds like a less boisterous version
I actually have a male coming to my suet feeder. Along with a Northern flicker, Downy woodpecker and Hairy woodpecker. They are quite big and amazing. This video is awesome. To be able to see and record a whole family of them is amazing. Great job !
Nice video - both content and music. It fits. I've photographed a couple of Pileated Woodpeckers, one couple at their nest, feeding the youngsters, removing the fecal sacks from the nest. You've captured the incredible, sometimes comical behavior of the young. Nice job!
Coming from an image maker like you, your comment is very much appreciated
Just beautiful, clear pics! Precious!
Bravo!! Your technique as observed is flawless, IMO. Thank you so much.
That is so cool. Have them around my home. I put feeders up. Also I leave trees when they die to help these birds a little. That's the least I can do for a magnificent bird!!
Great effort to capture this footage . My children loved it , loved the red crest so brilliant creatures
This amazing photography brought me much joy.
I just love their calls !
🐝 Thank you for this beautiful, informative piece. They are rarely seen in the dense suburbs. I saw, and heard, my first Pileated Woodpecker at the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in NC. They were my brother’s favorite bird, and having this extended, close-up view of their family life brought me great joy. I didn’t realize that the father Pileated continued to feed them.
My preference would be to continue with the written narration rather than voice-over. I truly appreciate the dedication and skill required make these videos.
Excellent footage, love the closeup views. Appreciate all the editing efforts. I know it takes a lot of work to create quality content.
I see and hear them frequently. Never seen one at a feeder. I dare not breathe or budge when I do see one. This has been going on for 50 years. Thanks for the great video.
This is great footage! I've never seen a woodpecker nest before 💜
What an excellent and informative video of the incredible woodpeckers. Thank you!
This Woodpecker is huge! I had one in the woods behind my previous house and it was amazing to watch! It was working on several trees one after another; I do not know if it had a nest there; I only ever saw one Pileated Woodpecker there. As it works it sounds like a drill or machine! Took me awhile to figure out what was producing that sound!
The babies are so cute! Also I love the backing music, very cool. Amazing video
Great vid. Thanks for taking the time to make and post.
When I first saw one of these in GA in the 80's, I knew where the cartoon Woody the Woodpecker in my childhood comic books, came from. I'd never seen a real woodpecker like this. This was fascinating. Thank you so much for the wonderful photography and this youtube video. You have enriched my life.
Such amazing video, I was looking up woodpecker sounds in swfl since I wasn't sure which one I heard this morning in my backyard and came across your video! Thank you for sharing
Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting. You also helped clear up a few questions I had about our neighborhood family of pileated. :). Here on the west coast of Michigan, they seem to have just recently gotten active (defined by landing on my suet feeder).
Wow! Spectacular video! I deeply appreciate the visual quality, storytelling, music, and your dedication to video this family through a season. Masterful work!
Thank you so much you obviously read the Description, some viewers fail to do that
Beautiful video.
Beautiful. Thank you.
What a beautiful video, thank you! I’ve only seen them from afar.
Beautifully done. Bravo!
We had a piliated woodpecker family 2ft outside our upstairs window in a tree growing off the corner of our house. It was awesome seeing them so close.
Extraordinary and a very rare close up! Thanks for sharing. Kind Greetings from Switzerland.
Beautiful videography with lovely music. Enjoyed this very much. Thank YOU so much.
You fill my heart with joy each day you bring me your beautiful footage of our glorious nature...God bless you...💜
Lovely. The only thing I would change is to cut the music and let the woods speak for themselves. Thank you for explaining why they were carrying stuff out of the nest. They sure have to grow up in a hurry'
What a lovely video! Thank you for the great footage and the music to go with it.
My grandson happened to see a huge oak snake in a hole inside a tree on our property. We stood there for a while watching the snake when this Pileated Woodpecker swooped down, pulled the snake out of the hole and proceeded to peck it until it fell to the ground. the woodpecker proceeded to come down and finish the job he started. I was lucky enough to catch it all on video. Amazing!
Interesting story, thank you for sharing. Ye these birds are amazing. I wish I could find another nest but they few and far between.
I am blessed to have these in my area. It's amazing how fast they can excavate such a big cavity and I'm always fascinated by the size of the pile of wood chips at the base of the tree. Pound for pound, they give beavers a run for their money.
This video was amazing. I just happen to see 3 in my yard. I had no idea 🤷🏻♀️ So now I'm so curious to learn more. Thank you so much for sharing 😊
I get so excited when one comes to visit here in NH. They're amazing!
How wonderful! Thank you for the whole experience! Excellent!
Nice video! I'm a still photographer who's used to lugging around heavy equipment, and can appreciate all of the time and effort that went into filming this little family. I'm sure it was worth it, though. They're beautiful birds. We have a pair that routinely visits our Ohio backyard, and they're just fascinating to watch. Thanks for sharing your work. :)
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Fantastic bird! Thank you so much!
Fun and interesting to watch! Thank you very much for making this for everyone.
..zauberhaft,..ich vermisse den Specht so sehr,..er ist ..sowas besonderes,...seine Erscheinung ..und insbesondere sein klopfen...
..danke..für die wundervollen Aufnahmen in Bild und Ton....lg
Danke fuer Ihre Beobachtungen. Wie ich noch in Deutschland wohnte habe ich diese Spechte nie gesehen. Giebt's die dort?.
A friend who lives in northern Michigan has Pileateds come to her suet feeders every day. Such gorgeous birds.
Just superb! Music was appropriate and selected well..cheers..thank u for the tremendous effort demonstrated in producing
this wonderful video and the narrative captions were wonderful..
Thank you for your dedication. I watched this several months ago, and.I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I have a pair in the little forest behind my house - and I can’t get enough information about them.
Your efforts are so incredibly appreciated! I would never be able to accomplish a view like like this...fascinating and beautiful.
You are so kind, thank you very much
I personally like the music selections, although some find it distracting. I also like the subtitles rather than having an audible narrator. It would be nice if the forest sounds could be retained in the editing process rather than adding music or narration. The subtitles are much less intrusive. These are minor quibbles in the overall scheme of things. The video is a wonderful work of art, giving us a glimpse into the life of one of my favorites among God's amazing birds.
That was wonderful to watch! Thank you!
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Extremely beautiful. Thank you so very much!
I am very lucky as these birds are prevalent in my area. I see them almost every day. Thank you for the video.
Beautiful footage. Thank you for the video.
Excellent shots. Very beautiful !
Wow, beautiful. Nicely done . . .
cute babies, one of the best and perfect birds high quality video
Beautiful video, beautiful music! Thank you so much!
Beautiful work!! Appreciated!! Thank you
There was a pileated woodpecker that came and ate the berries from my dogwood trees. Since moving, I've never seen another.
Very nice video Gerald. I admire the hard work it took to video, edit and produce this video.
Forest fires and disease have created 10's of 1000's of acres of standing dead trees in the forests near where I live in Kalispell MT. This has created ideal habitat for the pileated woodpeckers. Their familiar call and "looping/loping" flight is a fairly common sight around here--lucky us. :) Over the last 50 years I've spent many hours watching these master wood chippers make their distinctive oblong vertical excavations. I've always been amazed at how fast they can chip out a sizable hole in a dead tree.
What a wonderful piece of information and editing.
Thank you for this wonderful video. We have a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers in our yard each year. They love the suet. I really enjoyed your video!
This is an amazing video! I just published a video of a Pileated Woodpecker that I've been try to film in my yard and came across your video. Well done! I look forward to your videos.
Just put another version out because some viewer objected to the choice of music I used in the first video.
Very beautiful! Thank you so very much.