Posted on 01/09/2010 9:01:08 AM PST by JoeProBono
It's never a good idea to come between an enraged mother and her young, especially if said mother packs weaponry like this one. Sadly, we don't know how this epic battle turns out, but judging from the damage the woodpeckers around my house inflict on tree trunks, wood siding, railings, suet feeders and pretty much anything else into which they can pound those vicious little beaks I'm not sure I'd want to be that snake.
Gimme a .22 and I’d have evened the odds...
Consider that roadrunners are related to woodpeckers, and rattlesnakes are part of roadrunners’ prey.
Amazing!
Seems that this is a vid of a pileated woodpecker and egg eating Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake (Pseustes sulphureus) filmed in Brazil.
Now I know why mama kept coming back for more ,unless it’s my imagination, I think I can see something in the throat of the snake, an egg possibly?
[Wishing so often that photos & videos show their origin & date when posted for public consumption]
That’s pretty cool!
"Some great footage of a pileated woodpecker at the Ichetucknee Springs State Park in Northern Florida."
The Ichetucknee river is the clearest water to be found, that river is solid silt.
Thanks ‘sniper.
It must be in Central/South America, especially from the looks of the boat pilot.
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