The pileated woodpecker is the third largest woodpecker in North America. They live in mature forests containing dead trees and coniferous or deciduous forests. Pileated woodpeckers defend large territories between 1,000-4,000 acres in size. Young are helpless when hatched and fledge around 24-30 days later. Pileated woodpeckers excavate deep cavities in trees over several months that provide shelter. Their range covers northern parts of Canada, the United States, and Yukon Territory.

1. Pileated woodpecker
Shantell

2. About the author
I like reading, math, and playing
out side with my friends. My
hobbies are ice skating, tennis,
golf, swimming, and soccer. I am
writing about this animal because
my math teacher had a fun fact
up on the wall and said That a
wood pecker can peck 20 times
in a second. So when we were
researching I thought it was
interesting.

3. Who am I? A woodpecker drums
as fast as 14:5-
16.8beats/second.The
pileated woodpecker
is the third largest
woodpecker in north
America.Each
Pileated woodpecker
normally sleeps alone
.Territorys varies
between 1,000 and
4,000 acres in size.T
he pileated
woodpecker territory
is defended year-
round. The pileated
woodpeckers roosts
have many entrance
hole for they can

4. The Early Years
After the eggs hatch the
young are naked and
helpless. The young
are fed by regurgitation.
After 24-30 days
fledging usually occurs.
It takes two weeks for
the young to hatch.
After the young have
left the safety of the
nest they stay with their
parents go out in the
wild on their own.

5. Habitat Sweet Habitat
Some pileated wood peckers
live in Mature forests. Mature
contains a lot of snags.They are
dead trees. Other pileated
wood peckers live in coniferous
and deciduous forests. The
coniferous forests have
evergreen trees and other trees
like that. The deciduous forests
have trees like the the birch,
oak and other trees some
woodpeckers live near parks,
golf courses and rivers.

6. What’s on the menu ?
The carpenter ants are
the pileated wood
peckers favorite food.
The pileated wood
pecker also eats
insects like the wood
boring beetles, larvae
and wild fruits and nuts.
They get their food by
scaling bark off the
trees.

7. Making Tracks
The pileated wood pecker tracks
look like three toes and some
times you can see the claw marks
on trees and dirt. You would find
find these tracks in north America
like Canada, united states and in
the Yukon territory.

8. Simply Irresistible!
It takes two months to
complete a single
cavity. A cavity can be
from 10-30 inches
deep. One tree that’s
been used for many
years is uncommon to
have many cavity. A
tree’s diameter can be
greater than 20 inches
in size.

9. Where in the world?
The pileated
woodpecker is found in
north American, united
states and throughout
Canada The range
covers the northern
parts of Canada and in
the. Yukon territory. To
the southern parts of
united states such as
along the gulf coast of
California and the east
coast of nova Scotia.

10. When young are
hatched they are naked
with eyes closed.
In early April the female
lays three to eight eggs.
The pileated wood
pecker comes back to
the same cavities year
after year.
The pileated wood
pecker digs rectangular
holes in trees.

11. List
Resource
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