Pileated Woodpecker

The Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large black woodpecker native to North America. It inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast. It is the largest extant woodpecker species in North America. 
Description
Pileated woodpeckers are mainly black with a red crest, and have a white line down the sides of the throat. Younger specimens tend to have less curved crests, or "mohawks" as some refer to them. They show white on the wings in flight. 
Behavior
Pileated Woodpeckers eat Insects, Ants, and Larvae. They also eat fruits, nuts, and berries, including poison ivy berries. Pileated woodpeckers often chip out large and roughly rectangular holes in trees while searching out insects, especially ants. 
Pileated woodpeckers have been observed to move to another site if any eggs have fallen out of the nest. The cavity is unlined except for wood chips. Both parents incubate three to five eggs for 12 to 16 days. The young may take a month to fledge. Predators at the nest include American Martens, Weasels, Squirrels, Snakes, and Gray Foxes. Free-flying adults have fewer predators, but can be taken in some numbers by Northern goshawks, Red-tailed hawk, Great horned owls, Bald eagles, Golden eagles, and Barred owls.
Cultural references
Cartoonist Walter Lantz is believed to have based the appearance of his creation, Woody Woodpecker on the pileated woodpecker; while patterning the call on the acorn woodpecker.