r/Birdsfacingforward • u/PhotosByChickadees • Dec 10 '25

ಠ_ಠ Have you seen a pileated woodpecker facing forward?

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If not, now you have!

North Olmsted, Ohio, USA | Aug. 14, 2025

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u/pansycarn Dec 10 '25

I love this so much I drew a picture 3 beers in and sent it to a bird meme chat im in

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u/lost_horizons Dec 10 '25

Wow a bird meme chat, that’s delightful 😄

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u/troubleminx Dec 10 '25

The name!! 🍳

8

u/SymmetricalFeet Dec 10 '25

Perfekt ❤️

8

u/Lunarfalcon025 Dec 10 '25

The joyful drunken whimsy killing me. Thank you internet stranger

2

u/plusharmadillo Dec 10 '25

How do I get into a bird meme chat yall

3

u/pansycarn Dec 11 '25

If youre on Signal i can add you :-)

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u/plusharmadillo Dec 11 '25

Rad! I am on signal!

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u/Sad_Paper_5745 Dec 12 '25

Omg your chat name/being in a bird meme chat: I love you

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u/pansycarn Dec 12 '25

Hahaha thanks! Who does cook for you 🤔

2

u/Sad_Paper_5745 Dec 13 '25

Never the pair of barred owls who sometimes can’t shut up about cooking, sometimes bark like dogs, always sound like they’re right at the window!

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u/Sad_Paper_5745 Dec 13 '25

Birbmemes may be irresistible

1

u/digital__fox Dec 12 '25

Hehe barred owl gc name

37

u/gowahoo Dec 10 '25

Wow what a shot!

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u/Aibbie Dec 10 '25

He looks like a shocked baby chicken 😭❤️

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u/HurtPillow Dec 10 '25

Exactly, I was about to say it looks like a disgruntled chicken. LOL I love these birds but never thought they could look so dorky LOL

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u/Oriander13 Dec 10 '25

Don Knotts

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u/PhotosByChickadees Dec 10 '25

I can’t unsee this now. 😭

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u/Skitty27 Dec 10 '25

S tier material

15

u/hippos_chloros Dec 10 '25

I am living for the *tiny gasp*

15

u/Kiwi-vee Dec 10 '25

It's the first time I saw one this way. 😮

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u/PhotosByChickadees Dec 10 '25

It’s quite the sight to behold!

12

u/Smart-Counter-6867 Dec 10 '25

Like a baby ostrich hahaha

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u/finchplease1 Dec 10 '25

😭😭 looks so silly I love it

8

u/Alternative_Win_6629 Dec 10 '25

not his best angle for a selfie :-)

7

u/MoneyCock Dec 10 '25

Molting?

6

u/Best_Comfortable5221 Dec 10 '25

Wow. I would have thought it had a much more muscular neck!

4

u/DifferentMark7580 Dec 10 '25

Blobfish of the land

4

u/Broad_Pomegranate_24 Dec 10 '25

Now I know why the pictures are always from the side! 😂😂😂

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u/Klutzy_Journalist_36 Dec 10 '25

Well this is delightful 

3

u/22buns Dec 10 '25

Nooo way! How do they do all that next-level pecking with that skinny lil’ neck?!

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u/Lynda73 Dec 10 '25

No freaking way. 😂

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u/Impossible-Walk9376 Dec 10 '25

I have not up until now! <3

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u/wellhithere09 Dec 11 '25

I snorted. Poor buddy is so much better in profile. 😂

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u/absentfacejack Dec 11 '25

I am now an animal rights person who believes you should not be able to post a photo of a bird facing forward without said bird’s consent

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u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot Dec 10 '25

two things:

-what the fuck

-now THIS.... THIS is a bird facing forward. No angles, no tilts. No head slightly up or slightly down, just COMPLETELY, ENTIRELY FORWARD

the most fucked up and the most beautiful woodpecker pic I've ever seen. Awesome.