Where to See Pileated Woodpecker in Shenandoah National Park

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Pileated Woodpecker sightings in Shenandoah

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Where Pileated Woodpecker has been reported, from 37 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM0% of the busiest hour1 AM0% of the busiest hour2 AM0% of the busiest hour3 AM0% of the busiest hour4 AM2% of the busiest hour5 AM35% of the busiest hour6 AM90% of the busiest hour7 AMBusiest hour8 AM92% of the busiest hour9 AM82% of the busiest hour10 AM72% of the busiest hour11 AM65% of the busiest hourNoon58% of the busiest hour1 PM55% of the busiest hour2 PM58% of the busiest hour3 PM64% of the busiest hour4 PM72% of the busiest hour5 PM80% of the busiest hour6 PM76% of the busiest hour7 PM62% of the busiest hour8 PM25% of the busiest hour9 PM3% of the busiest hour10 PM0% of the busiest hour11 PM0% of the busiest hour

Pileated Woodpecker is most seen 6–9 AM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Pileated Woodpecker sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	0%
1 AM	0%
2 AM	0%
3 AM	0%
4 AM	2%
5 AM	35%
6 AM	90%
7 AM	100%
8 AM	92%
9 AM	82%
10 AM	72%
11 AM	65%
Noon	58%
1 PM	55%
2 PM	58%
3 PM	64%
4 PM	72%
5 PM	80%
6 PM	76%
7 PM	62%
8 PM	25%
9 PM	3%
10 PM	0%
11 PM	0%

Audio tour

Hear about Pileated Woodpecker on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Shenandoah, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Shenandoah Tour Guide

Rectangles in the Dead Wood

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“Deep rectangular holes in a dead tree can be a pileated woodpecker's work. These big forest birds dig into trunks and fallen logs for carpenter ants, leaving excavations that are much easier to spot than the insects.”

Plays as you drive near Rockfish Gap Entrance in Parkwolf’s Shenandoah Tour Guide.

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Where to see Pileated Woodpecker in Shenandoah