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  • Опубликовано: 27 мар 2009
  • We found this woodpecker when it was just a baby. It had fallen out of a tree. Over the next month we raised this bird and eventually it was able to fly. It would come back home for breakfast and for lunch. The rest of the time it was out in the wild. It kept coming back for about 2 weeks. We haven't seen it since. But I'm sure he has his own family now.
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  • @clovernov
    @clovernov 8 лет назад +266

    I used to take care of a baby woodpecker. I somehow taught it to fly by a miracle and one day it flew away. It still comes back once in a while and I leave some fruit out for it.😊🐦

    • @hax.q
      @hax.q 8 лет назад +10

      sweet

    • @MunChrysant
      @MunChrysant 8 лет назад +6

      love

    • @anymarvi5146
      @anymarvi5146 7 лет назад +1

      Lydia Griebel vo

    • @mariagricius6378
      @mariagricius6378 6 лет назад +8

      you were successful and did well. Not too many hand fed birds survive after they are released because most people do not know how to raise them according to their species and know little on rehabilitating them back into the wild so they can survive on their own. Plus the people that raise them can never be true substitute for their parents, teaching them their particular songs and calls of their regions, and social habits and etc. the avian world is actually a lot more complicated than one thinks. ;-)

    • @clovernov
      @clovernov 3 года назад

      Jacob Stackable woodpeckers like many other birds main sources of food includes but is not limited to fruit.

  • @smoothALOE
    @smoothALOE 9 лет назад +185

    It sounds like an old printer when it "chirps," haha! Very cool, though.

  • @GBSheridan
    @GBSheridan 7 лет назад +66

    He's so talkative!

  • @cookode
    @cookode 9 лет назад +100

    He's a yellow shafted northern flicker.

    • @SquiddieBudgiezBirds
      @SquiddieBudgiezBirds 8 лет назад +9

      Yep. He's male too, as you can see by his malar stripe

    • @user-vo8ei9tq2b
      @user-vo8ei9tq2b 8 лет назад +1

      flicker or woodpecker same thing

    • @cookode
      @cookode 8 лет назад +8

      방혜연
      Flicker is a type of woodpecker.

    • @user-vo8ei9tq2b
      @user-vo8ei9tq2b 8 лет назад +1

      +cookode I know.

    • @shamanbrush4024
      @shamanbrush4024 7 лет назад +1

      cookode - Ah! I knew the name, it was on the tip of my tongue...
      Thanks!

  • @michaelbianchi22
    @michaelbianchi22 3 года назад +20

    I love how he looks right at you when he chirps. He's saying something important, but unfortunately he's a bird.

  • @blackice2142
    @blackice2142 8 лет назад +45

    love the noise it makes when eating lol

  • @33floresita
    @33floresita 10 лет назад +136

    I LOVE THE NOISES IT MAKES WHEN IT EATS ITS SO FUNNY XD

  • @EngelSpiel
    @EngelSpiel 7 лет назад +34

    That "woodpecker" appears to be a Northern Flicker, but to your credit, the flickers and woodpeckers do share a taxonomic family - Picidae.

    • @treewalker1070
      @treewalker1070 6 лет назад +6

      Flickers ARE a woodpecker.

    • @snakeeyes9246
      @snakeeyes9246 6 лет назад +1

      EngelSpiel this is a Northern Flicker, yet they are of the same family.

    • @fatmac8480
      @fatmac8480 5 лет назад +1

      By bird law you are correct

  • @LOLmusics
    @LOLmusics 3 года назад +2

    Woodpecker “ nice place you got here. Love the wooden deck!”

  • @samuelflabra7326
    @samuelflabra7326 3 года назад +5

    Average life span for a Woodpecker is 4-12 years. This video is 12 years old meaning if he's still alive that Woodpecker is an old man now.

  • @Rallow
    @Rallow 11 лет назад +26

    I don't know why, but it seems like hand raised wild birds make the most wonderful, loyal pets!

    • @scumbaggo
      @scumbaggo 6 месяцев назад

      I had a crow as a kid when I was very young. That guy rivals any dog ive ever owned, im waiting for the day another decides to be my friend.. Extremely intelligent animals. Mine could say good morning and good night, and knew key words from my favorite story book.

    • @jinxfarque
      @jinxfarque 6 месяцев назад

      I can say the same for my first pet pigeon who understood over 20 words and phrases. Most people have no idea of how smart certain birds are. @@scumbaggo

  • @archaeodesigns3844
    @archaeodesigns3844 6 лет назад +31

    What a beautiful story in the description. I'm sure it must have been emotional that he stopped coming back, but you know this was because you all did such an amazing job so that he could go back to the wild healthy and start a brood of his own. Lovely people.

  • @susiearviso3032
    @susiearviso3032 8 лет назад +19

    Noisy little guy. But sure cute!

  • @helenhighwater5313
    @helenhighwater5313 3 года назад +2

    A beautiful Northern Flicker. Lucky bird!

  • @chancelambert8462
    @chancelambert8462 3 года назад +8

    What a GORGEOUS little girl... I think she will grow up to be one... very talkative, let's hope she grows out of that, LOL.
    GREAT POST! Thank you so much!

    • @micahhuge1474
      @micahhuge1474 Год назад +2

      This one is a male because of the mustache on his face next to his beak

  • @dkt1976dt
    @dkt1976dt 9 лет назад +13

    He is soo cute and loves to talk, your soo lucky to have had a chance to raise the little guy til he could fly away. I love birds and i have feeders and bird baths in my yard for them.

  • @parisinthe30sx
    @parisinthe30sx 8 лет назад +2

    Looks like a baby northern flicker. They're easier to hand feed when they're fledglings.they trust a lot quicker. I've been feeding a red bellied woodpecker for the past year. If you have a handful of mealworms or peanuts it won't take long till theyre pecking at your back door at 6am.

    • @kroakie4
      @kroakie4 8 лет назад +1

      Hahahaha!!! I imagine not. Those are two foods which are beloved by red bellied woodpeckers. They also love suet. Have you tried feeding that?

    • @parisinthe30sx
      @parisinthe30sx 8 лет назад +1

      ***** oh yes, they love peanut suet, especially the pileated woodpeckers. I'd like to learn how to make my own. It would be much cheaper that way.

    • @kroakie4
      @kroakie4 8 лет назад +1

      +steph, you can find recipes online! :). You could even add mealworms. They love those too! : P

  • @finnajane
    @finnajane 5 лет назад +5

    Sooooo precious! I love woodpeckers! He's such a chatty little fellow. Cutie pie!

    • @dioniciothomas6755
      @dioniciothomas6755 2 года назад

      What's your favorite bird
      Yellow cardinal
      Red cardinal
      Crowe
      Blue jay
      Wood pecker
      Parrot
      Crane
      Goose
      Flamingos
      Bald eagle

  • @rtrain67
    @rtrain67 8 лет назад +5

    It's great that this bird got help and then went about having a normal life as a bird again.

  • @refresh1984
    @refresh1984 9 месяцев назад

    Just had a yellow bellied sapsucker found injured pass after 2 weeks of friendship. Woodpeckers are sweethearts

  • @abidababida7096
    @abidababida7096 2 года назад +1

    talkative little guy! I’ve never seen a bird make so much noise! at least it’s cute!

    • @SeersantLoom
      @SeersantLoom 2 месяца назад

      Woodpeckers are noisy in several ways. Some species have real loud calls. In spring they search something to drum on, imagine the bird jackhammering some piece of thin sheet metal (like post cap). That can echo for a good kilometer or more.

  • @strangeman509
    @strangeman509 9 лет назад +5

    Uber cool! I love hearing them drum. Glad he'she is back in the wild.

  • @mamaboocee
    @mamaboocee 4 года назад +1

    Nom nom nom nomnom...he knew right where that food was!

  • @meowmeowimacat3046
    @meowmeowimacat3046 5 лет назад +2

    What a beautiful Northern Flicker!

  • @ROYGBIVphoto
    @ROYGBIVphoto 11 лет назад +3

    I think that is a baby Northern Flicker in your hand. How cool. From their markings, I think they are somehow related to the Blue Jays. I love the sounds he makes when he eats. Nature is wonderful, no?

  • @d.6823
    @d.6823 8 лет назад +14

    so cool, and the noise it makes is funny. could be used for an alarm clock!

    • @kroakie4
      @kroakie4 8 лет назад +2

      It would make me get up. And then I'd try not to destroy the alarm clock with a sledge hammer. Lol

  • @balaladnan9707
    @balaladnan9707 10 лет назад +5

    i found an abondoned woodpecker ive been taking care of him hes very small and looks like woody the woodpecker lol hes hes tame and has made friends with my cockatiel green cheak conure and sun conure

  • @anyuci1959
    @anyuci1959 11 лет назад +3

    How cute is that! I can't believe how noisy he/she is. I have 3 of them around our house. They come every day to eat suet cake. They are so beautiful birds.

  • @idknicknames5778
    @idknicknames5778 7 лет назад +3

    Beautiful yard

  • @michaelscofield3584
    @michaelscofield3584 3 года назад +5

    Just when you thought you have seen all kinds of pets here comes a pet woodpecker . Nice Job RUclips 👍🙏

  • @austin1839
    @austin1839 5 лет назад +1

    Here in Texas you can have a pet Peckerwood. They are messy, but with proper training they can be allowed in the house on occasion.

  • @roxy-tj3jo
    @roxy-tj3jo 6 лет назад +2

    Lovely bird

  • @leptoceratops
    @leptoceratops 6 лет назад +1

    What a cute little noise-thing

  • @naturicgamer7440
    @naturicgamer7440 3 года назад +3

    What a beauty he is! It’s a male northern flicker, and they’re usually found up north. Which stands in they’re name.

  • @MattieCooper10000
    @MattieCooper10000 7 лет назад +1

    Cute Birdie! Very TENDERS!!!!

  • @munizcruz
    @munizcruz 8 лет назад +12

    Beautiful northern flicker

  • @kroakie4
    @kroakie4 8 лет назад +5

    That is so cute! Good for you for rearing this little darling!

  • @headly66
    @headly66 7 лет назад +3

    Noisy little guy

  • @sarayah7215
    @sarayah7215 7 лет назад +2

    that sound it makes when its eating lol 😅😂😂😂😂

  • @ArvelleWhitaker
    @ArvelleWhitaker 6 лет назад +9

    He got a lot to say

  • @MISTERMOODYHYADD
    @MISTERMOODYHYADD 8 лет назад +6

    Wow..how rare for this to happen. You were very lucky to have experienced this, especially with this species of bird,

  • @DC3893
    @DC3893 8 лет назад +17

    I'm sure he means well, but that chirp is incessant.

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 7 лет назад +23

    What's his name? Woody? He sounds so funny when he eats. It's like he's going "Yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy." Cute but noisey.

  • @michaelversace456
    @michaelversace456 Год назад +1

    I like how he hits warp speed when eating

  • @braddywarbucks
    @braddywarbucks 4 года назад +1

    What a beautiful yard

  • @Gunslinger_VR
    @Gunslinger_VR 3 года назад +1

    He so handsome

  • @3Davmawey
    @3Davmawey 4 года назад +6

    Regular mode:
    "BAH! BAH! BAH! BAH! BAH! BAH!"
    Eating mode:
    "BAH! Ba-ba-bababababababa-bah BAH!"

  • @sjtom57
    @sjtom57 5 лет назад +2

    Vids like this are why I keep returning to YT.

  • @TheHourglassoftime
    @TheHourglassoftime Год назад

    i love how it sounds like a little feathered chainsaw revving while it chatters

  • @yuwenyue9220
    @yuwenyue9220 6 лет назад +1

    Cute flicker bird

  • @abhishekmaurya9503
    @abhishekmaurya9503 6 лет назад +2

    Woodpeckers love digging...save ur eyes ,coz one day he may dig in ur eyes just 4 fun.😊

  • @ManiacalAsh
    @ManiacalAsh 5 лет назад

    Funny how the comments are like 80% ppl stating that this is a Northern Flicker, not a woodpecker. LOL! A northern flicker IS a woodpecker! That's like saying, "Bob isn't a human, he's a primate!"

  • @WackoKillerDan
    @WackoKillerDan 12 лет назад +1

    That's good but daaaaang bro! Your deck is so huge and neat looking and your yard looks like a gulf coarse! Also the area looks pretty high class. Must be pretty cool to live there.

  • @paajyaaj
    @paajyaaj 11 лет назад +1

    LOL it's funny how the wood pecker eats! O I'm dying and it sounds like the wood pecker is ckoking

  • @alesethesims4minecraftboss702
    @alesethesims4minecraftboss702 7 лет назад +3

    omg it soo funny sounding and looking when it eats i loove it

  • @sondrag2
    @sondrag2 4 года назад +2

    i instantly love you for doing this

  • @Rallow
    @Rallow 8 лет назад +104

    With kindness and of course food, you can tame almost anything!......Except of course the human female.

  • @graydlett
    @graydlett 7 лет назад +2

    he has a lot to say! :)

  • @JamieBarrington
    @JamieBarrington 12 лет назад +2

    What a chatty little guy! So cute!

  • @burtreynolds2969
    @burtreynolds2969 6 лет назад

    Cute bird. Sounds like a yappy little dog.

  • @ToxicBloodAlchemist
    @ToxicBloodAlchemist 11 лет назад +2

    Thats a very beautiful bird you have there (very noisy too, lol).

  • @myfirstloopfavourite47
    @myfirstloopfavourite47 3 года назад +1

    Cutie ❤️

  • @anangelsarrow556
    @anangelsarrow556 3 года назад +1

    He's obviously stressed out about the bills, the car note, rent, the russian neighbors and processed honey.

  • @dessihall8583
    @dessihall8583 8 лет назад +2

    Aww I had hand raised an infant starling from a freshly hatched baby to an adult. She had fallen out of herMomma's nest that was in the waves of my house. I couldn't put her back. When she got big enough, I'd take her outside and dig at the dirt with my fingers to stir up the bugs and she would go for them eagerly lol. Piglet, as she was named, was successfully reintroduced into the wild and I would see little flocks of Starlings everyday for the longest time eating the dog food that was left outside for my pit boxer, Trooper. See, the food that the Internet had told me to use for her was dog or cat food, I can't remember which, and applesauce. So, she taught the other Starlings that this stuff was edible and apparently awesome lol. It was very neat and very rewarding.

    • @AndyFromBeaverton
      @AndyFromBeaverton 8 лет назад +1

      +Dessi Hall I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but unless you live in Europe, you shouldn't be caring for starlings. They are the most destructive invasive birds in North America and as far as I know, every state will let you take these birds at any time and in any way.

    • @rtrain67
      @rtrain67 8 лет назад

      +Dessi Hall What happened to Piglet? Did she pass? how old? did she attempt to fly away outside or did she follow you?
      I have a Sparrow, raised from a few days after hatch and now 2 years old.

    • @justanotherbum007
      @justanotherbum007 8 лет назад

      +Dessi Hall
      Starlings are vermin. I shoot them on sight.

    • @rtrain67
      @rtrain67 8 лет назад

      why?

    • @lauratodd3191
      @lauratodd3191 6 лет назад

      Dessi Hall I

  • @nyimdewan3353
    @nyimdewan3353 2 года назад

    I dunno why but I've always wanted to pet a Woodpecker

  • @scruffjones15
    @scruffjones15 11 лет назад +1

    Nice garden too !

  • @THOMKALLOR
    @THOMKALLOR 7 лет назад +1

    so cute and chatty

  • @adamt253
    @adamt253 6 лет назад +3

    He's a cute little fella. 😁🐦👍 How did you get him?

  • @RS54321
    @RS54321 11 лет назад +3

    This is awesome!! What a little sweetie. You have a gorgeous backyard, btw.

  • @767er767er
    @767er767er  12 лет назад +3

    He was probably just a couple of days old, it had no feathers.

  • @EEST-Militia
    @EEST-Militia 3 года назад +1

    Sounds like a miniature chihuaua

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 4 года назад +2

    Name him Gregory. Gregory Peck.

  • @GiovanniObson
    @GiovanniObson 11 лет назад +3

    can you make a video of your backyard?
    I loved it and I want to get ideas from it

  • @nolanfrye1078
    @nolanfrye1078 5 лет назад +1

    Very cool

  • @MF99K
    @MF99K 3 года назад +2

    this is a northern flicker. it's also a boy

  • @thepegasister8195
    @thepegasister8195 7 лет назад +1

    Awwwwwwww that's such a cute puppy

  • @Fatherlake
    @Fatherlake 3 года назад

    Those are usually very skittish around humans, you’re lucky!

  • @imsotiredfr
    @imsotiredfr 3 года назад +1

    Ermmnoom noom yup that's a sound I call cute

  • @thisisexile66
    @thisisexile66 14 лет назад +1

    Actually, I think that's a Northern Flicker. Still a woodpecker though.

  • @bubgum00
    @bubgum00 11 лет назад +4

    What were you feeding it?

  • @michaelschmidt5702
    @michaelschmidt5702 6 лет назад +1

    This is great! I love Birds & animals and you have done a good job !

  • @kristine1028
    @kristine1028 7 лет назад +10

    It's a juvenile Northern Flicker, and is probably calling for it's parents. Doesn't seem to be injured. While a great experience for the person, it belongs in the wild.

    • @miguelxorruno6196
      @miguelxorruno6196 5 лет назад +1

      Birds can socialize with humans, pet is not calling parents cause its parents are human

    • @braddywarbucks
      @braddywarbucks 4 года назад +1

      It's in the wild. Not caged

    • @joshualayfield2294
      @joshualayfield2294 4 года назад +1

      What they said that bird could leave her if it wanted to.

    • @marysocha5193
      @marysocha5193 3 года назад +2

      I have Redbellied woodpecker, that I call my boy. He brings his babies to feed in my trees & we chuk chuk chuk back & forth. I also have mourning doves that return every year, to my air conditioner, to have their broods. I call them my babies (but never interfere).
      My chickadees will handfeed, but I keep an open hand & never try to hold them. I do however call to them & all 'my' birds call to me for food, or as soon as they see me start chatting to me. 'My' robins sit at my kitchen window for their grapes. I recently saved an unknown olive green bird that hit my window. However, here on Long Island, you must contact a licensed rehabber. I would hope that anyone seeing her 'pet' will know who to contact to rehab an injured or orphaned bird. Wild birds, wild animals belong free in the wild. 🦋🦋🦋

  • @LSniumUwU
    @LSniumUwU Год назад

    Awww what a cute little doggy. He looks so small and birdish.

  • @beatawehrichova6450
    @beatawehrichova6450 Год назад

    Adorable😍

  • @AndyFromBeaverton
    @AndyFromBeaverton 8 лет назад +2

    Very cool, it reminds me when I had a pet crow growing up. He loved wet dog food and we could call him or tap on the can and he would land on your shoulder to eat.
    Have you seen male flickers fencing? Someday, I'll post all the different fencing matches I have.

  • @verysadcatc7897
    @verysadcatc7897 Год назад +1

    You can call yourself a "Wood Tamer".

  • @BackyardBirdsUS
    @BackyardBirdsUS 6 лет назад +2

    this is supremely cool. waht a neat experience for you. what did you feed it as a little one? you know its a flicker don't you?

  • @kayejohnsisland
    @kayejohnsisland 6 лет назад +1

    That was awesome!

  • @sydneysouthmechanicl436
    @sydneysouthmechanicl436 6 лет назад +1

    you are very lucky it left, otherwise I guess there would be holes everywhere in your home?

  • @Nurse_Xochitl
    @Nurse_Xochitl Год назад

    very chatty cute bird xD

  • @airsoftvseverything
    @airsoftvseverything 7 лет назад +11

    its a dog or bird? xD

  • @emilym.calhoun6761
    @emilym.calhoun6761 Год назад

    I had a wood pecker since he was a baby I feed him just the other day someone stole him from his cage he was unique and very special bird miss him

  • @767er767er
    @767er767er  14 лет назад +2

    @danznchandee16 - We fed it this bird formula that you mix with water that we got from petsmart.

  • @baqikenny
    @baqikenny 7 лет назад +1

    nice!

  • @terrance3218
    @terrance3218 5 лет назад +1

    It's a woodpecker but flicker is more accurate.

  • @michaelkilby7878
    @michaelkilby7878 3 года назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @aldrinejoseph2512
    @aldrinejoseph2512 5 лет назад +2

    Guess who? Ha-ha-ha-haha! Hehehehehehe!

  • @yuwenyue9220
    @yuwenyue9220 6 лет назад +1

    Northern Flicker.

  • @saleplazma5109
    @saleplazma5109 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @carleneboulden4386
    @carleneboulden4386 8 лет назад +1

    Cute