A Pileated Woodpecker takes off a chunk of trim around the window in the garage of Charlie Bergsten Tuesday morning, Nov. 3. The bird flew into the garage and ran into a wall as Bergsten was working on some drawers. “I’ve never had this happen before,” Bergsten laughed as he watched the huge woodpecker. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
A female pileated woodpecker made an unexpected appearance in the garage of Charlie Bergsten on U.S. Highway 2 near Poplar Tuesday, Nov. 3.
“I’ve never had this happen before,” Bergsten laughed as he watched the huge woodpecker drill into the trim around one of his windows. Female pileated woodpeckers lack the red mustache mark that the males have.
The bird found its way out of the garage about 20 minutes after the people inside it left.
Charlie Bergsten takes a photograph with his phone of a Pileated Woodpecker that flew into his garage Tuesday morning, Nov. 3. The bird flew into the garage and ran into a wall as Bergsten was working on some drawers. “I’ve never had this happen before,” Bergsten laughed as he watched the huge woodpecker. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
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A Pileated Woodpecker that flew into the garage of Charlie Bergsten Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, can be seen through the window of the garage. “I’ve never had this happen before,” Bergsten laughed as he watched the huge woodpecker. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
Jed Carlson joined the Superior Telegram in February 2001 as a photographer. He grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. He graduated from Ridgewater Community College in Willmar, then from Minnesota State Moorhead with a major in mass communications with an emphasis in photojournalism.
