We mostly have the Downy kind, a few others I can't remember...but the drumming on the trees is so distinct

Most people who hear it for the first time say, "Hey! It's Woody Woodpecker."

I heard one this morning pecking an electric pole for a floodlight in my yard.

I looked out and sure enough there it was.

They are destructive and they are fast about it.

Between them and the carpenter bees wood gets a drilling around here.

She is perfectly caught; even the tree she's pecking is in focus, while nothing else is. It's perfect!

These bids are notoriously shy so you must have been in the right place at the right time! I’ve only been lucky enough to see one in my backyard once.

I alway thought that this is the bird Woody Woodpecker was based on.

I usually hear them before seeing them.

Cartoonist Walter Lantz said the character was inspired by an acorn woodpecker.

Sometimes someone would report seeing one but it would end up being a pileated woodpecker. Don’t remember the name now. Maybe an ivory billed woodpecker?

but was seen again in Arkansas in 2004 and hasn't been seen feather nor tail of since. I had to look it up but well remember the controversy.

I've only seen them once.

They're often heard and sometimes seen around here (South Central PA).

This one’s no exception!

And I found out the following, which I am sharing in case anyone else was wondering: