Anybody has any idea? I know it is a woodpecker because it is trying to make holes in the tree in our backyard. It does not look like the red-bellied woodpecker as it has a black back; red-bellied's back is like black and white stripes. It also does not have any red belly. I have contacted the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I know woodpeckers are bad for trees but I simply don't have the heart to chase it away.
I also took a video but will post the link later on. It is a HD video and blogger is refusing to upload it..grrrr.....I think I have to compress it.
Okay, while I was writing this up, Cornell told me that it is a Pileated woodpecker. Here is more information about
them (click on them or this link: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/pileated-woodpecker/).
It is also the largest woodpecker in the United States, except the possibly extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker :-).
