LOL. Even without the pic I (or any cat person) would have guessed, "He must have cats."
That's a Pileated. We have them up here (coastal BC) as well, along with the Hairy and Downy and flickers. Big, beautiful and LOUDI saw something moving around the fence this morning that caught my eye, thought it was a chicken rooting around at first. Second glance I saw it was Woody the woodpecker.
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Looks like a cross between a bad double omelet, a hand grenade and Edward ScissorhandsThat’s probably a mating display, but tell you what:am I the only one that wouldn’t get anywhere near that scary looking thing?