They call them Wood hens in the Great Smoky Mountains
Mar 23, 2022 11:09:09 #
Mar 23, 2022 11:13:35 #
Thefinder wrote:
Looks like a Pileated Woodpecker?
Mar 23, 2022 11:15:51 #
Mar 23, 2022 11:19:49 #
Jerry48
Loc: Fountain, Mi
Never heard them called wood hens, but it definitely is a pileated woodpecker. They are regulars at our northern Mi feeder
Mar 23, 2022 11:23:11 #
Thefinder wrote:
Yes indeed.
I remember the first reported sighting (in our family) by my Dad while deer hunting in the late 70s. He went on and on about the 5lb woodpecker he saw from his blind…
We laughed it off until I saw it the next day. It wasn’t 5#, but it had to be close to 18” tall and it sounded like someone hitting a 2x4 with a hammer when he found a dead tree he liked for whatever bugs he was after.
Mar 23, 2022 11:31:51 #
Mar 23, 2022 11:33:06 #
Jerry48 wrote:
We jokingly refer to them as pterodactyls
I’ll bet…probably a distant relative 😉
Mar 23, 2022 12:28:34 #
Mar 23, 2022 14:33:11 #
They were nearly all killed off because of its color. They do make a heck of a lot of noise.
Mar 23, 2022 15:14:36 #
Slimshady
Loc: Central Pennsylvania
Sure is a pile of them now. I see them all the time when I am out hunting
Mar 23, 2022 17:22:47 #
Slimshady wrote:
Sure is a pile of them now. I see them all the time when I am out hunting
So how do they taste??🤣🤣
Mar 23, 2022 17:30:13 #
Mar 23, 2022 18:02:53 #
They might just go good hot off the smoker! As Robert would say - just saying!
Mar 24, 2022 08:48:54 #
Frank romero
Loc: Clovis, NM
Thefinder wrote:
Good one followed by eagle video which was better. Thanks for posting
Mar 24, 2022 10:01:40 #
kandydisbar
Loc: West Orange, NJ
Thefinder wrote:
Yeah, had one wake me up the other day. I see the little black and white ones more often. HATE when they wake me up pecking on my cedar shake house. That's a racket!!!
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