Dryocopus Pileatus
- Watercolor
- Ellen Triplett
The Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, is the largest North American woodpecker and is a common sight in woodlands and neighborhoods alike. The January/February 2022 South Carolina Wildlife magazine featured my illustration of a Pileated woodpecker on their front cover. That issue was dedicated to Mark Catesby, 300 years after his trek across Southeastern America. My piece was used as a comparison to his well-known illustration of the now (likely) extinct Ivory-billed woodpecker.