Pileated Woodpecker (female) albieticola subspecies Dryocopus pileatus albieticola Family Picidae Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario 29 March 2008 I had never seen a woodpecker preen itself before. I guess that beak is good for more than just boring through tree trunks.
Pileated Woodpecker (male) albieticola subspecies Dryocopus pileatus albieticola Family Picidae Stony Swamp Conservation Area (Jack Pine Trail), Nepean, Ontario 21 February 2008 This handsome bird was kind enough to pose for me, taking a brief moment from burrowing for tasty morsels for this portrait.