Forest turkey

Saw a pair of pileated woodpeckers involved in a courtship ritual in a southern bottomland forest. Then a very big one in strong,straight flight and white-underside of the wing but didn't have binoculars.

 

there EVERYWHERE around here. for a endangered bird we see about as many of them as we do real turkeys..

i like to here them laugh...

 

Heard a loud rap, rap-rap, rap, rap-rap, ect. and briefly saw an extremely large woodpecker rapidly flying away.

 

ya we got some come back every year hell they peck on my house sometimes theyr realy cool looking from faraway but kinda ugly up close lol.

 

Are pileated woodpeckers endagered? We have several that live in our backyard. I know turkey's aren't endagered, every morning I've been seeing three hens and their two dozen or so babies.