Pileated Woodpecker Digs For Insects Causing Tree Damage Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Springtime arrives and Pileated Woodpecker digs huge tree holes looking for insects. These birds mainly eat insects, especially carpenter ants and wood-boring beetle larvae. They also eat fruits, nuts, and berries, including poison ivy berries. Pileated woodpeckers often chip out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching out insects, especially ant colonies.