woodpecker gets caught in woman's hair

[Demovictory9]

then took it to bird rescue

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/06/01/woodpecker-tangled-in-womans-hair-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/wacky-world-of-jeanne-moos/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Kudos to the woman for saving the baby bird - who had been caught in her hair!

I saw a pileated woodpecker once when I was a kid - my grandmother spotted him in the vacant lot next door. This stuck with me since I'd never seen such a giant woodpecker - before or since!

[Demovictory9]

2. I heard a knock knock knock outside my window... what is that noise? it took awhile to realize

it was a woodpecker. Only heard once in my life.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. We've had a woodpecker who's inexplicably taken to pecking at the house

He made quite a lot of noise! But fortunately it wasn't a pileated woodpecker, they're big enough to do some damage! And it's very strange to actually see one, from what I remember, it looked just like a regular woodpecker, only giant sized!

[haele]

7. Might be going after termites or other nasties.

Could be worth it to get an exterminator to look at that area of the house.

Haele

[mockmonkey]

6. I heard a commotion in my kitchen last year

I went into the kitchen and on the floor was an aluminum pie plate. It took me a second to realize it was from the old chimney. Someone had placed it over the hole where the stovepipe used to go. My attention was then drawn to one of my cats who was very excited about something in the window.

I got to the window and caught between the curtain and the glass was a large bird flapping around. I attempted to try to keep the bird covered with the curtain with one hand while I opened the window and moved the screen up. It was then that I saw that it was a pileated woodpecker. I had never seen such a large woodpecker, much less up close. I got the screen pushed up and maneuvered the bird to freedom. He wasn't as large as a adult crow so it must have been a youngster.

I don't know what I would have done if the bird hadn't been caught where he was and had my other five cats had enough interest to go into the kitchen. I mentioned to my landlord about screening over the opening to the chimney.

[North Shore Chicago]

3. Love this woman!

Get well now, beautiful bird!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. That is just wild!

I know growing up, we had a next door neighbor with a huge old Norway maple in the backyard and that is the first time I had seen a pilated woodpecker. They are pretty big and you can't miss that red plumage on the head as they navigate up into a tree and then go at it. They are the "Woody the Woodpecker" woodpecker (despite the creator's claim the character was as a result of an encounter with an acorn woodpecker that looks nothing like Woody)!

Years later I kept hearing woodpeckers around one of my sister's houses (I know I hear them where I live) and then discovered a different type ID'd as a "downy woodpecker", which are much smaller and very agile. Those made mincemeat out of an old wooden playset at my sister's house and along parts of my sister's deck railing. I remember being there one time sitting out on her deck when a couple of them were all over that playset and I sat there staring at them enthralled as they were bopping around on it and hanging upside down, I guess to get whatever little meals they found crawling on it.



ETA if you ever hear any "jungle sounds" in your area in the NE, those are often woodpecker calls!